Jim Barborinas ISA Certified Arborist,

ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist

Tree Risk Assessor Qualified

Urban Forest Nursery, Inc. &

Urban Forestry Services, Inc.

Mount Vernon, Washington

URBAN STREET &

LANDSCAPE

TREES

“New and Under Utilized”

for Can-West

Why Should We Consider

New Tree Varieties?

Diversity is important

Some are Over Planted

Changes in Disease and Insect Susceptibility

Planting Sites are Limited

More Reliable Form

More Resistant Varieties are Introduced

More Favorable Characteristics

Favorable Characteristics

Desirable Foliage, Flowers, Fruit or Fall Color.

Disease and Insect Resistance

Transplantable

Reliable and Predictable Form

Flexible Limbs

Good Wound Compartmentalizer

None Aggressive Roots

Soil Range Tolerance

Drought Tolerance

Long Lived

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Species Height Categories

Small trees to 30’

Medium trees to 45’

Large trees over 45’

(Spreading and Narrow habit)

Small Trees to 30’,

Spreading Habit

Some are suitable for

under utility

lines.

Snowcone Japanese Snowbell,

Styrax japonicus ‘JFS-D’ (Z5-8)

Spreading Habit to 25’ Tall

American Hornbeam

(Z3-9) and Cultivars – Look for ‘Palisade’ &

‘Native Flame’.

Spreading Habit to 25’ Tall

‘Palisade’

Native Flame

More American Hornbeam,

Cultivars – ‘Ball of Fire’, and ‘Firespire’, (Z3-9)

Spreading Habit to 25’ Tall

Ball O’ Fire ‘Firespire’

City Sprite

Zelkova, (Z5)

Zelkova serrata ‘JFS-

KW1’

Spreading Habit to 25’ Tall

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Golden Raindrops Crabapple, Malus transitoria ‘Schmidtcutleaf’ (Z3)

Spreading Habit to 25’ Tall

Japanese Hornbeam, Carpinus japonica (Z4-9)

Spreading Habit to 30’

Tall

Crimson Cloud Hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’(Z4)

Spreading Habit to 30’ Tall

Flowers, Fragrance,

Bees and Clean.

Royal Burgundy

Cherry, Prunus serrulata ‘Royal

Burgundy’ (Z4)

Spreading Habit to 30’ Tall Best Insect and Disease

Resistant Cherry

Really Small Trees

to 15’ Tall

The Future of ‘Small’ Trees? Tree Form Shrubs

Small Trees to 30’,

Narrow Habit.

Some are

suitable for

under high

utility lines.

Adirondack Crabapple, Malus ‘Adirondack’ (Z4)

Narrow Habit to 20 Tall

Sugar Cone Maple,

Acer saccharum ‘Sugar Cone’ (Z4)

Narrow Habit to 25’ Tall

Tschonoskii Flowering crab,

Malus tschonoskii (Z5)

Narrow Habit to 35’ Tall

‘Hanna’s Heart’ Katsura, Cercidiphylum japonicum ‘Hanna’s Heart’ (Z5)

Narrow Habit to 30’ Tall Smaller, More Dense Canopy

Apollo Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum ‘Barrett Cole’ PP 10590 (Z4)

Narrow Habit to 30’ Tall

Persian Ironwood,

Parrotia, Parrotia Persica (Z5)

Spreading Habit to 35’ Tall

‘

Persian Ironwood, Parrotia Persica cv. ‘Ruby Vase’ & Vanessa’ (Z5)

Narrow Habit to 40’ Tall

‘

‘Ruby Vase’ ‘Vanessa’

Golden Bell Tower (Narrowest)

Golden Bell TowerParrotia, Parrotia persica ‘Chrishaven1’ (z5)

Tight Dense Height to 40’ Tall

Persian Spire

Ironwood,

Parrotia Persica cv.‘Persian

Spire’ (z5)

‘Persian Spire’

(Small, Slow & delicate)

Narrow Form to 25 Feet Tall

Medium Trees to 45’,

Spreading Habit.

Yellowwood, Cladastrus kentukea (Z4)

Spreading Habit

to 45’ Tall

Frontier Elm, Ulmus ‘Frontier’ (Z5)

Spreading Habit to 45’ Tall

Bleeding Red Fall Leaves

Emerald Sunshine Elm, Ulmus propinqua ‘JFS-Bieberich’ (Z5)

Spreading Habit to 45’ Tall

Spreading Habit to 45’ Tall

Sourgum, Nyssa Sylvatica (Z5)

Great tree but highly variable form and

weakly dominant leader in straight species.

Spreading Habit to 45’ Tall

Afterburner’, Wildfire’,

Sourgum, Nyssa Sylvatica cv. ‘Afterburner’ & ‘Wildfire’ (Z6)

Spreading Habit to 45’ Tall

Forum(NXXSF)’,

Green Gable’.

Sourgum, Nyssa Sylvatica cv. ‘Forum’ & ‘Green Gable’ (Z5)

Tupelo Tower

Sourgum,

Nyssa sylvatica ‘Tupelo Tower’ (Z5)

Narrow Habit to 45’ Tall

Sourgum, Nyssa Sylvatica cv. ‘Firestarter’ (Z5)

Moderately Spreading Habit to 45’ Tall

Firestarter

Others in Production

• ‘Red Rage’

• ‘Gum Drop’

• Northern Splendor

Sourgum, Nyssa Sylvatica cv. Forms

‘Gum Drop’

‘Red Rage’ ‘Afterburner’

‘Firestarter’

Nyssa: Male vs. Female.

Some people may have questions on the gender of Nyssa cultivars

because of the fruit. This is what I have found to date. However, in

my opinion, fruit on the females is very small and inconspicuous.

Male Nyssa

Fire starter is male

Wildfire is male

Green Gables is male

Gum drop is male

Red Rage is male

Zydeco Twist is male

Female Nyssa

Afterburner is female

Forum is female

Tupelo Tower is female

Northern Splendor is female (Heaviest)

Hungarian Oak, Quercus frainetto, Cultivars ‘Forest Green’ (Z5b)

Oak(by Schmidt) or ‘Trump’.

Spreding Habit to 45’ Tall

Redpointe Maple,

Acer rubrum

‘Frank Jr.’ PP

16769 (Z5)

Spreading Habit to 45’ Tall

Medium Trees to 45’,

Narrow Habit

Streetspire oak, Quercus robur x

alba ‘JFS-QW1QX’ (Z4)

Narrow Habit to 45’ Tall

Same as Crimsonspire Oak but

Drops its Fall Leaves

Green Pillar Pin Oak,

Quercus palustris ‘Pingreen’ (Z4)

Narrow Habit to 45’

Kindrid Spirit oak,

Quercus robur x

bicolor ‘Nadler’

PP17604 (Z4)

Very Narrow Habit to 45’ Tall

- 6 foot Spread -

Regal Prince Oak,

Quercus robur x bicolor ‘Long’ PP12673 (Z4)

Narrow Habit to 45’ Tall

Large Trees over 45’,

Spreading Habit.

Spreading Habit over 45’ Tall

Triumph Elm, Ulmus ‘Morton Glossy’

& other Disease/Insect Resistant Varieties like

Accolade, New Horizon, Homestead, Patriot,

Pioneer, Prospector, Princeton and More (Z5)

Silver Linden,

Tilia tomentosa (Z5)

Spreading Habit over 45’ Tall

Try ‘Silver

Lining’, ‘Green

Mountain’,

‘Sterling’ and

‘Szeleste’

cultivars for

uniformity.

Aphid resistant

Espresso Kentucky Coffee Tree, Gymnocladus dioicus ‘Espresso-JFS’ (Z4)

Spreading Habit over 45’ Tall

cv. are

Seedless

Narrower

‘True North’ cv.

in production

and higher

density

branching

‘Decaf ‘ coming

soon.

Exclamation Planetree, Platanus x acerifolia ‘Morton Circle’ or ‘Ovation’ (Z5)

Spreading Habit over 45’ Tall

Presidential Gold Ginkgo,

Ginkgo biloba ‘The President’ (Z4)

Spreading Habit over 45’ Tall

Slow and

Bullet Proof!

Princeton American Elm, Ulmus

Americana ‘Princeton’ (Z4)

Spreading Habit over 45’ Tall

Large Trees over 45’,

Narrow Habit.

Slender

Sillouette

Sweetgum,

Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Slender

Sillouette’ (Z5)

Narrow Habit over 45’

Swedish Aspen, Populus tremula

‘Erecta’

Try ‘Mountain

Sentinal’

Aspen, Populus

tremuloides’JF

S-Column’ for

smaller form. Narrow Habit over 45’ Tall

Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) (Z5) and Bald

Cypress, Taxodium distichum (Z5)

Narrow Habit over 45’ Tall

Try

Taxodium

distichum

‘Lindsey”s

Skyward’,or

‘Shawnee

Brave’ Dawn Redwood’

Blue Giant

Sequoia, Sequoia giganteum ‘Glaucum’ (Z6)

Narrow Habit to well over 45’ Tall

That’s It! Note: This is Just a Fraction of

What is Available and Coming!

Small

Sample

List of

New

Cultivars

Acer saccharum ‘Hiawatha 1’ Oregon Trail® BUD

Acer saccharum 'Reba' Belle Tower® BUD

Acer saccharum 'John Pair' BUD

Acer saccharum 'Wright Brothers' BUD

Acer saccharum 'Sisseton' Northern Flare® BUD

Acer saccharum 'JFS-KW8" Autumn Fest® BUD

Acer saccharum 'JFS-Caddo2' Flashfire® BUD

Acer tataricum Tatarian OR

Acer tataricum 'JFS-KW2' Rugged Charm® BUD

Acer tataricum 'GarAnn' Hot Wings® BUD

Acer tataricum 'Patdell' Pattern Perfect® BUD

Quercus robur 'Fastigiata' Skyrocket® GFT

Quercus robur × alba 'Crimschmidt' Crimson Spire™

Quercus palustris 'Pringreen' Green Pillar® GFT

Quercus bicolor 'JFS - KW12' American Dream® BICOLOR

Quercus shumardii Shumard Plains OR

Quercus macrocarpa 'JFS-KW3' Urban Pinnacle® BU D

Quercus robur x bicolor 'Long' Regal Prince® BICOLOR

Quercus x macdanielii 'Clemons' Heritage®

Quercus macrocarpa 'JFS-KW14' Cobblestone®

Quercus robur x alba 'Tabor' Forest Knight®

Quercus robur x alba 'JFS-KW1QX' Streetspire®

Quercus robur 'JFS-KW2QX' Skinny Genes®

Quercus bicolor 'Bonnie and Mike' Beacon® BUD

Thank You!

Urban Forest Nursery, Inc. Mount Vernon, WA

360-428-5810, www.urbanforestnursery.com

Visit the nursery by appointment.