Blue Whale Trees

Uncommon Yard Trees

Native shade and flowering trees that deserve far more use than they get.

Ninety native shade and flowering trees for yards, from small trees such as flowering dogwood, eastern redbud, serviceberry and white fringetree to canopy trees such as black gum, American basswood, bald cypress and Kentucky coffeetree. Mature heights run from about 10 to 120 feet and hardiness from USDA zone 2 to zone 10 depending on the species. All are sold as saplings, and eighty-nine of them as seed to sow. Saplings ship while dormant, in spring and fall. Which of them belongs near a house is its own question: see six trees not to plant near a house, and what to plant instead.

All 6 Rare & Uncommon Oaks 0Classic Oaks 0Superior Specimen Lines 0Uncommon Yard Trees 2Native Shrubs 3Nut & Fruit Trees 1Chestnuts & Chinquapins 0Acorns, Nuts & Seed 6

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