LATIN NAME
COMMON NAME

CARPINUS
hornbeam
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
hornbeam
Zone: 4
Height: 35'
Spread: 25'
Shape: Tight, pyramidal form
Foliage: Dark green
Fall Color: Yellow
Back to List Dense foliage with a formal branching habit. Effective as a screen or makes and excellent street tree. It is heat and drought tolerant.
Carpinus betulas
European hornbeam
Zone: 4
Height: 40-60'
Spread: 30-40'
Shape: Rounded
Foliage: Deep green
Fall Color: Golden yellow
Back to List This European Hornbeam tree is an exceptional, small to medium landscape tree. The tree also makes for a wonderful hedge, with its natural compact columnar upswing it needs little pruning. Once established it is an excellent tree that is relatively pest-free.
Carpinus betulas 'Frans Fortaine'
hornbeam
Zone: 5
Height: 35'
Spread: 15'
Shape: Narrow, columnar
Foliage: Dark green
Fall Color: Yellow
Back to List This is the narrowest form of all the Carpinus betulus species. This is a premium street tree and highly tolerant of clay soil.

CATALPA
catalpa
Catalpa bungei
globe catalpa
Zone: 4
Height: 15-20'
Spread: 15'
Shape: Globe
Foliage: Light green
Fall Color: Yellow
Back to List A small, bushy, round headed tree useful for sites under wires or other tough spots.

CELTIS
hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
hackberry
Zone: 2
Height: 40'
Spread: 30'
Shape: Upright, rounded
Foliage: Light green
Fall Color: Yellow-green to yellow
Back to List Very hardy. Adapts well to harsh climatic conditions and urban use. It has a rough, corky bark and is deep rooted. Its red berries attract birds in September and October.

CERCIDIPHYLLUM
katsura
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
katsura tree
Zone: 4
Height: 40-45'
Spread: 25-30'
Shape: Pyramidal, rounding with maturity
Foliage: Blue-green
Fall Color: Yellow-orange
Back to List This finely textured tree offers great ornamental value. Its delicate, heart shaped foliage becomes almost apricot-orange in the fall.

CERCIS
redbud
Cercis canadensis
eastern redbud
Zone: 4
Height: 25'
Spread: 30'
Shape: Ascending, then spreading
Foliage: Medium green
Fall Color: Yellow
Back to List A small, irregular tree with ascending branches and an open form. It has heart shaped leaves and is one of the earliest bloomers.
Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
eastern redbud
Zone: 5
Height: 20'
Spread: 25'
Shape: Upright spreading, rounded
Foliage: Deep purple
Fall Color: Yellow-orange
Back to List The combination of its early spring flowers, lustrous leaves, and small stature make this one of the most handsome purple-leafed choices.
Cercis chinensis
Chinese redbud
Zone: 6
Height: 6-10'
Spread: 6-10'
Shape: Rounded, oval
Foliage: Dark green, leathery
Fall Color: Rosy-purple
Back to List Multiple stem, deciduous shrub or small tree. Excellent for use in borders and small groupings. This redbud has showy, densely packed rose-pink blossoms.

CLADRASTIS
yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
American yellowwood
Zone: 5
Height: 30-45'
Spread: 40-50'
Shape: Round
Foliage: Bright green
Fall Color: Brilliant Yellow
Back to List A graceful tree with beautiful leaves and white clusters of fragrant blossoms. Plant as a specimen or in groupings.

CORNUS
dogwood
Cornus kousa chinensis
Chinese dogwood
Zone: 5
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Wide vase shape to rounded
Foliage: Medium green
Fall Color: Red-purple
Back to List A distinctive specimen worthy of recognition for its spectacular white bract flower display in early summer and ornamental fruit in late summer.
Cornus kousa 'Satomi'
Chinese dogwood
Zone: 5
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Vase shape to rounded
Foliage: Light green
Fall Color: Red
Back to List Originally from Japan, this is a pink-flowered selection of kousa dogwood. An excellent, hardy substitute for Cornus florida varieties.

CORYLUS
filbert
Corylus colurna
Turkish filbert
Zone: 4
Height: 35-45'
Spread: 20-25'
Shape: Ultimately, broad and pyramidal
Foliage: Dark green
Flower: Insignificant. Catkins in early spring.
Back to List This tree thrives in adverse conditions. An excellent street tree with attractive furrowed bark and ornamental catkins in early spring.

CRATAEGUS
hawthorn
Crataegus crusgalli 'Inermis'
thornless cockspur hawthorn
Zone: 4
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Rounded, spreading
Foliage: Glossy green leaves
Fall Color: Orange
Back to List A small, thornless tree with dark green summer foliage and white flowers in late spring. Bright red fruit in late summer.
Crataegus douglasii
black hawthorn
Zone: 5
Height: 20'
Spread: 15'
Shape: Upright, rounded with age
Foliage: Glossy green leaves
Fall Color: Yellow
Back to List A northwest native with creamy white flowers in the spring and small red berries in the winter. An excellent choice for borders or moist open areas.
Crataegus x lavallei
carriere hawthorn
Zone: 4
Height: 25'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Irregular, vase shaped
Foliage: Dark green, leathery
Fall Color: Bronze or copper-red
Back to List An excellent choice for a small street tree. This is a dense, compact tree with white flowers. It has small clusters of red to orange fruit that hang on late into wither and are eaten by birds.
Crataegus phaenopyrum
Washington hawthorn
Zone: 4
Height: 25'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Broadly oval to rounded
Foliage: Glossy dark green
Fall Color: Orange to scarlet to purple
Back to List This dense, thorny hawthorn is a consistent favorite. It has white flowers in summer and clusters of bright, glossy red fruit that last all winter. Excellent as a single specimen, as a screen or in groupings.
Crataegus phaenopyrum 'Lustre'
Washington hawthorne
Zone: 4
Height: 25'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Rounded
Foliage: Dark green
Flower: White
Back to List This cultivar produces flowers earlier in the season and have fewer thorns than the seedling.