This document provides a plant guide for trees suitable for xeriscaping, listing their sun, water, and size requirements. It includes both small trees under 25' and tall trees over 30'. The guide lists over 30 tree varieties, their mature height and width, growth rate, flower color, foliage color, and fruit. Tree varieties include maples, crabapples, apricots, cherries, pears, lilacs, oaks, elms, junipers, spruces, pines, and arborvitae.

1. Xeriscape Plant Guide - Trees
Page 1 Sun Requirements Water Requirements Plant Size (Maturity)
Part. Growth Flower
Plant Name Sun Shade Shade Low Mod High Rate Color Foliage Fruit Height Width
SMALL TREES
Amur Maple / Acer ginnala x x med I (FC-Y-R) B-R 15-20' 15-20'
Tatarian Maple / Acer tataricum x x med I (FC-Y) B-R 18-30' 15-25'
Siberian Crabapple / Malus baccata x x med W (FC-Y) R-O 15-25' 15-25'
Jack Crabapple / Malus baccata 'Jackii' x x x med W (FC-Y) R 20-25' 20-25'
Rosthern Crabapple / Malus baccata
'Rosthern' x x x med W (FC-Y) R 20-25' 20-25'
Apple, Common / Malus pumila x x x med W (FC-Br-Y) Y-R 15-25' 10-25'
Flowering Crabapple / Malus hybrids x x x med W-Pk-R (FC-Y-R) Y-Pr 10-25' 15-25'
Beverly Crabapple / Malus x 'Beverly' x x x med W (FC-Y) R 20-25' 20-25'
Dolgo Crabapple / Malus x 'Dolgo' x x x med W (FC-Y) R 25-30' 25-30'
Manchurian Apricot / Prunus armeniaca
var. mandshurica x x med W (FC-Y-O) O 10-15' 12-18'
Amur Chokecherry / Prunus maackii x x med W (FC-Y) R 15-25' 15-25'
Pin Cherry / Prunus pensylvanica x x x med W (SP) (FC-R) R 30' 18'
Ussurian Pear / Pyrus ussuriensis cvs:
'PrairieGem,' 'McDermond' x x med W (FC-O-Y) G-Y 15-30' 15-20'
Japanese Tree Lilac / Syringa reticulata x x med W (FC-Br) 20-25' 15-25'
TALL TREES
Ohio Buckeye / Aesculus glabra cvs
'Autumn Splendor', 'Homestead' x x x slow Y (FC-Y-R) 20-40' 20-35'
Hackberry / Celtis occidentalis x x x x med I (FC-Y) Br-Bl 40-60' 25-45'
Manchurian Ash / Fraxinus mandshurica x x med I (FC-Y) G-Y 30-55' 25-35'
Green Ash / Fraxinus pennsylvanica x x x x med I (FC-Y) G-Y 35-65' 30-40'
Bur Oak / Quercus macrocarpa x x x slow I (FC-Y-Br) Br 40-70' 35-60'
Cathedral Elm / Ulmus x 'Cathedral' x x x x med-fast I (FC-Y) G-Br 45-65' 30-50'
Japanese Elm / Ulmus davidiana var.
japonica x x x med I (FC-Y) G-Br 35-55' 25-35'

2. Xeriscape Plant Guide - Trees
Page 2 Sun Requirements Water Requirements Plant Size (Maturity)
Part. Growth Flower
Plant Name Sun Shade Shade Low Mod High Rate Color Foliage Fruit Height Width
CONIFER TREES
Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus
scopulorum 'Medora' x x x slow G-P Bl-Gr G-Bl 20-40' 12-20'
Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana x x x x slow G-BR Gr Bk-Bl 30-45' 15-30'
Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca var
densata x x x med Y Bl-Gr Y-Br 30-60' 15-25'
Colorado Spruce Picea pungens x x med Y Bl-Gr Y-Br 30-65' 15-25'
Mugo Pine Pinus mugo x x slow Y Gr Br 3-20' 5-30'
Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa x x med Y Gr Br 50-70' 25-30'
Scotch Pine Pinus sylvestris x x med Y Gr G-Br 25-50' 20-35'
American Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis x x x x med Gr 30' 6-15'