Shade Trees

Ash, Arizona

(Fraxinus velutina)

Height: 15´ - 30´, Spread: 15´ - 30´
Rounded and oval shaped
Partial shade or partial sun to full sun
Fast growing, blooms green in Spring
Tolerates most soils

Cypress, Bald

(Taxodium distichum)

Height: 50´ - 75´, Spread: 25´ - 35´
Pyramidal and upright
Partial shade to full sun
Fast growing, blooms brown in Spring
Tolerates some drought, flooding and salt

Chinese Pistache

(Pistacia chinensis)

Height: 25´ - 40´, Spread: 30´ - 35´
Oval, rounded, spreading or horizontal and vase shaped
Full sun
Slow growing, blooms Green in Spring
Tolerates drought

Elm, Chinese Lacebark “Drake”

(Ulmus parvifolia)

Height: 40´ - 65´, Spread: 35´ - 45´
Rounded and vase shaped
Partial shade or partial sun to full sun
Average growing, blooms Green in Fall
Tolerates drought, occasional wetness and some salt

Bosque Elm

(Ulmus parvifolia)

Height: 50´ - 60´, Spread: 35´ - 40´
Oval and upright or erect
Partial shade or partial sun to full sun
Fast growing, blooms Red in Summer and Fall
This plant grows in moist soil

Oak, Swamp Chestnut

(Quercus michauxii)

Height: 50´ - 75´, Spread: 35´ - 50´
Rounded and oval shaped
Partial shade or partial sun to full sun
Average growing, blooms Brown in Spring
This plant tolerates some drought, flood and wetness well

Oak, Burr

(Quercus macrocarpa)

Height: 30´ - 40´, Spread: 10´ - 15´
Rounded and vase shaped
Full sun
Fast growing, blooms green in spring
Tolerates drought and some wetness

Oak, Chinquapin

(Quercus muehlenbergii)

Height: 50´ - 75´, Spread: 50´ - 75´
Rounded and Spreading horizontal
Full sun
Fast growing, blooms brown in spring
Tolerates some drought, occasional wetness and some salt

Oak, Live

(Quercus virginiana)

Height: 50´ - 70´, Spread: 60´ - 100´
Rounded and Spreading
Partial shade or partial sun to full sun
Average growing, blooms brown in Spring
Tolerates drought and some salt

Oak, Shumard

(Quercus shumardii)

Height: 75´ - 90´, Spread: 35´ - 60´
Rounded and oval shaped
Full sun
Fast growing, blooms Brown in Spring
Tolerates drought, occasional wetness and some salt

Willow, Desert

(Chilopsis linearis)

Height: 15´ - 25´, Spread: 15´ - 25´
Rounded and spreading or horizontal
Full sun
Average growing, blooms Lavender, pink and white in Spring through Fall
Tolerates drought and salt well

Willow,Weeping

(Salix babylonica)

Height: 40´ - 50´, Spread: 40´ - 60´
Rounded and weeping shaped
Partial shade or full sun
Fast growing, blooms yellow in Spring
Tolerates drought, flooding and salt well

Other Shade Trees Available at Landscape Direct

Patmore Ash
Raywood Ash
Arizona Ash
Autumn Purple Ash
Fan-Tex Ash
Duraheat Birch
River Birch
Siouxland Cottonwood
Pond Cypress
Chinese Lacebark Elm
Cedar Elm
Allee Elm
Shade Honeylocust
Red Leaf Maple
Silver Leaf Maple
Autumn Blaze Maple
Red Sunset Maple
Red Drummond Maple
Trident Maple
Brandywine Maple
Shantung Maple
Burr Oak
Chinquapin Oak
Mexican White Oak
Hightower Willow Oak
Chinese Pistache
Sweetgum
Bloodgood London Plane Sycamore
Weeping Willow
Globe Willow