Fall Color
Acer saccharum
Sugar maple
Renowned for its autumn color, sugar maples are perhaps the most magnificent shade trees in northeastern Ohio. Sugar maple interbreeds with black maple which shares much of its native range....
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Acer x freemanii ‘Autumn Fantasy’ (Freeman maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “Being a Freeman maple, the ‘Autumn Fantasy’ is a hybrid of Acer rubrum and A. saccharinum resulting in A. rubrum’s strong branch structure and A. saccharinum’s fast growth. The ‘Autumn Fantasy’ really takes this to heart with an improved...
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Nyssa ‘Tupelo Tower’
Nyssa ‘Tupelo Tower’ (black gum)
This selection has a very tight, upright habit unlike the species. The lustrous dark green summer foliage turns impressive shades of orange in early fall. The upright narrow habit is ideal for smaller...
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Ginkgo biloba ‘Princeton Sentry’
Ginkgo biloba ‘Princeton Sentry’ (gingko)
‘Princeton Sentry’ is an all-male cultivar with an upright, narrowly conical habit. Leaves turn a uniform golden yellow in autumn and persist for several weeks. When the leaves do drop,...
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Carya laciniosa
Carya laciniosa (shellbark hickory)
Shellbark hickory, a.k.a. kingnut is native from western New York to Iowa, south to Georgia and Texas. Although widely distributed, it is not common, certainly not in Holden’s natural areas...
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Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’ (red maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “A columnar red maple! Narrower when young, this tree becomes a broad column at maturity with a spread ranging from 18–25’. Green foliage turns yellow-orange to reddish-orange in fall. ‘Bowhall’ can be used as a shade...
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Acer rubrum ‘Brandywine’
Acer rubrum ‘Brandywine’ (red maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “Introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum, the ‘Brandywine’ is a selection from the native species Acer rubrum. It forms an upright, oval crown as it matures but does not...
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Quercus glandulifera
Quercus glandulifera (Konara oak)
Acoording to Klyn Nursery, “Native to Japan, Korea, and China, this oak is extremely rare in cultivation. The shiny leaves have slight serrations on the edges and are a perfect background for...
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Malus ‘Perfect Purple’
Malus ‘Perfect Purple’ (crab apple)
Perfect Purple is an upright crab apple variety featuring purple leaves and bright pink blooms in spring. In fall, the leaves turn bright red and complement the small, red to purple fruit. Fruit is persistent and remains on the...
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Stewartia koreana ‘Milk and Honey’
Korean stewartia
Stewartias are prized garden plants across the world. White, camellia-like summer flowers. Exceptional fall color. Fascinating bark. A small tree for all seasons. Bark should be more subtle than ‘Ballet’ but fine nonetheless. Grown in...
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Stewartia pseudocamellia ‘Ballet’
Japanese stewartia
Stewartias are prized garden plants across the world. White, camellia-like summer flowers. Exceptional fall color. Fascinating bark. A small tree for all seasons. Grown in full sun they stay squat. In shade...
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Quercus shumardii
Shumard oak
Shumard oak is a medium sized, deciduous tree in the red oak group. It performs well in full sun, average soil and tolerates a variety of moisture conditions. Pyramidal in youth but spreads to a...
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Cornus drummondii ‘Lemon Drop’
Grey dogwood
The dogwood selection is easily grown in a wide range of soils in full sun to part-shade. In late summer and early fall the fruit develop into clear yellow that contrast nicely against...
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Aesculus flava
Yellow buckeye
Yellow buckeye is the largest of the buckeyes. It has an irregular to upright-oval crown and is considered a canopy tree. If left to achieve its natural form, the sturdy branches will commonly sweep the ground. The bark often exfoliates with...
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Acer x freemanii ‘Celebration’
Freeman’s Maple
The selection has a contoured, upright, uniform branching structure with a good central leader and rarely requires pruning to maintain its naturally symmetrical form. It’s known for being disease resistant, tolerant of urban pollution...
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Cladrastis kentukea
American yellowwood
Cladrastis (klad-RAS-tis) kentukea is a very uncommon yet beautiful tree first discovered in the Cumberland region of Tennessee by French botanist André Michaux in 1796. It may still be found...
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Acer palmatum
Japanese maple
A beautiful small tree with gorgeous foliage and refined habit, Japanese maple is prized by landscape designers from east to west. The native range of Acer palmatum includes the islands...
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Fagus sylvatica
European Beech
Fagus sylvatica is a magnificent tree. European beech is native from the southern parts of Sweden and Norway to Spain, Italy, Greece and northeast Turkey and Ukraine. It is a common...
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Aesculus parviflora
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora, bottlebrush buckeye is my favorite shrub. It is a native of the southeastern United States, primarily to Alabama. The genus Aesculus and the maples, Acer, recently have been lumped into the...
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