The amur maple is a low growing tree excellent for small yards and other small scale landscapes.
Trees with small canopies.
There are green and red leaf varieties that turn eye catching shades of red orange and purple in the fall.
Like other hollies the male and female plants are separate.
It has an oval or round canopy and blooms with sprays of fragrant white flowers in late spring.
Small deciduous shade trees.
The foliage turns yellow orange or red in fall.
Fast growing up to 15 ft.
They are beloved for their delicate leaves which can be deeply lobed sometimes to the point of being fringed.
Use as an accent or to cover unattractive views the pink flowers bloom in the late summer but you can admire the multicolored.
Planting in shade or semi shade may reduce the amount of blooms.
This narrow upright evergreen is a smooth leaved holly that reaches about 6 feet in height but is only 2 to 3 feet wide.
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The crape myrtle lagerstroemia is a tall beautiful shrub that can stand in as a small tree.
Small deciduous trees often have ornamental value that goes beyond the shade provided by the tree canopy.
Clusters of small purple blooms are followed by small black berries.
It blooms in mid to late summer with long lasting white pink red or lavender blooms.
The tree typically grows 20 to 30 feet tall and has an upright rounded finely branched canopy that creates dense shade under the crown.
It can be grown as a multistemmed clump or be trained into a small tree with a single trunk up to 6 feet tall.
Japanese maples can be shrubby or small trees with weeping habits or spreading canopies.
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Fringe tree chionanthus virginicus is a small tree ranging in height between 12 and 20 feet.
Many evergreen and deciduous species have narrow canopies.
Some tree species are tall with compact canopies that fit in small spaces without the tower like characteristic of most columnar forms.
The late winter blooming acacia smallii grows in u s.
Distinctively colored leaves have showy purple undersides.