Alnus rugosa
SPECKLED ALDER
- Pyramidal to oval growth habit
- Noted for its speckled bark
- Oval to rounded leaves, margins uneven and double-toothed
HEIGHT: 13-15 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Betula lenta
SWEET BIRCH
- Yellow fall foliage colour is considered one of the best of the species
- Attractive, dark, shiny red almost black bark
- Strong wintergreen scent to its bark and leaves
HEIGHT: 13-18 m · SPREAD: 11-15 m
Betula nana
ARCTIC DWARF BIRCH
- Low, compact, spreading habit
- Small, thick, rounded leaves
- Brown catkins
HEIGHT: 100 cm · SPREAD: 125 cm
Betula papyrifera Renaissance Oasis® ('Oenci') (PP12766)
RENAISSANCE OASIS® PAPER BIRCH
- Mahogany-reddish coloured exfoliating bark
- Bright white bark is revealed as it exfoliates
- Dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 14-15 m · SPREAD: 8-9 m
Betula populifolia 'Whitespire'
ASIAN WHITE BIRCH
- AKA Betula populifolia 'Whitespire Senior'
- Upright, pyramidal habit
- Chalky-white bark does not peel
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Carpinus betulus
EUROPEAN HORNBEAM
- Pyramidal to oval-rounded, growth habit
- Ovate, sharp-toothed, dark green leaves
- Foliage turns an undistinguished yellow to orange in the fall
HEIGHT: 16-18 m · SPREAD: 9-12 m
Carpinus betulus 'Columnaris Nana'
DWARF COLUMNAR HORNBEAM
- Slow growing, columnar habit
- Dense, dark-green foliage that turns golden in fall
- Catkins mature into attractive hop-like fruit
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Carpinus betulus Emerald Avenue® ('JFS-KW1CB') (PP22814)
EMERALD AVENUE® HORNBEAM
- Broad pyramidal form with ascending branches
- Nicknamed "the Hulk" for its strong central leader and sturdy branching habit
- Ovate, sharp-toothed, dark green leaves keep their colour well into the summer
HEIGHT: 11-12 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Carpinus caroliniana
BLUE BEECH/MUSCLEWOOD
- Rounded to oval crown with wide spreading branches
- Attractive yellow or green catkins
- Catkins turn into distinctive clusters of winged nutlets
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Carya cordiformis
BITTERNUT HICKORY
- Open, broadly columnar with an irregular oval to rounded crown
- Distinctive sulphur-yellow buds
- Male and female flowers
HEIGHT: 15-20 m · SPREAD: 14-15 m
Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
CORKSCREW HAZEL
- Male flowers are brown, decorative catkins before the leaves
- Female flowers are 2-3 mm and carmine-red
- Textured round green leaves hang almost vertical
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Corylus avellana 'Red Dragon' (PP20694)
CORKSCREW HAZEL
- Catkins, leaf buds and young leaves are reddish-purple in colour
- Branches are contorted and twisted adding winter interest
- Foliage is somewhat curled and shows good leaf colour in late summer
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm
Ostrya virginiana
IRONWOOD
- Upright, rounded to oval crown
- Reddish-brown male flowers and greenish female flowers precede the leaves
- Dark green birch-like leaves increase in size toward the end of a twig
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
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Populus tremuloides Dancing Flame® ('KMN01')
DANCING FLAME® TREMBLING ASPEN
- Narrow, rounded crown with ascending branches becoming wider with maturity
- Bark colour is a beautiful silvery-white
- Glossy leaves emerge bronze-red in spring, maturing dark green in the summer
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Salix amygdaloides
PEACH-LEAVED WILLOW
- Yellowish-green leaves have a pale whitish underside
- Rough bark is brownish-gray
- Orange-yellow twigs
HEIGHT: 11-12 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Salix bebbiana
BEAKED WILLOW
- Yellow-green cone-like fruit is attractive to birds
- Dull green, slightly saw-toothed or wavy, and gray or whitish underneath
- Fast-growing and capable of forming dense colonies
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 9-10 m
Salix cordata
HEARTLEAF WILLOW
- Yellow catkins are slender and smooth
- Green leaves are pale and hairy underneath, with finely serrated edges
- New shoots are white and silky
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Salix discolor
PUSSY WILLOW
- Soft silky silvery catkins appear before the leaves
- Medium-green leaves have downy gray-white undersides
- Upright habit
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Salix elaeagnos subsp. angustifolia
ROSEMARY WILLOW
- AKA Salix elaeagnos 'Angustifolia', Salix lavandulifolia var. rosmarinifolia
- Dark green leaves are velvety on the underside, golden yellow in the fall
- Gray velvety twigs turn brown with maturity
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Salix eriocephala
HEART-LEAVED WILLOW
- Of special value to native bees
- Catkins appear before leaves, providing food for early pollinators
- Long narrow green leaves with lighter undersides
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Salix exigua
SANDBAR WILLOW
- AKA Salix interior
- Yellowish-green catkins
- Narrow silvery-gray leaves
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys'
BLACK PUSSY WILLOW
- Male catkins open to black with bright red anthers, before turning yellow
- Ovate dark green finely-toothed leaves are silver-green on the undersides
- Purplish-black stems are attractive in the winter
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa'
CORKSCREW WILLOW
- AKA Salix babylonica var. pekinensis 'Tortuosa'
- Small pale yellow catkins
- Long bright green leaves are curled and twisted
HEIGHT: 9-10 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Salix nigra
BLACK WILLOW
- Small greenish-yellow catkins in early spring
- Long narrow glossy green leaves turn yellow in the fall
- Deeply fissured dark brown bark
HEIGHT: 18-20 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Salix petiolaris
SLENDER WILLOW
- AKA Salix gracilis
- Small brownish-yellow catkins
- Long dark green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Salix purpurea 'Streamco'
STREAMCO PURPLE-OSIER WILLOW
- Very narrow blue-green leaves
- Attractive purple stems are very flexible
- Compact, rounded form
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Salix repens
CREEPING WILLOW
- Silvery catkins mature to yellow
- Narrow-oval silver-green leaves are whitish-green beneath
- Spreads by creeping, procumbent stems
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Salix udensis 'Sekka'
DRAGON WILLOW
- AKA Salix sachalinensis
- Long silver-gray male catkins have yellow anthers
- Narrow lance-shaped leaves are bright green above and silvery-green below
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m