Plant Growing Guides

Red-barked Willow

Salix alba 'Chermesina'

Liempde White Willow

Salix alba 'Liempde'

Weeping White Willow

Salix alba 'Pendula'

Crack Willow

Salix alba × Salix fragilis

Hybrid White Willow

Salix alba × Salix matsudana

Silver Willow

Salix alba 'Sericea'

Golden Willow

Salix alba subsp. vitellina

Golden Weeping Willow

Salix alba 'Tristis'

Silver Willow

Salix alba var. sericea

Almond Willow

Salix triandra

Sapa Crabapple

Malus 'Sapa'

Sargent's Weeping Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Sargentii'

Schwedler Maple

Acer platanoides 'Schwedleri'

Scopulorum Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

Seckel Pear

Pyrus communis 'Seckel'

Seed-bearing plants

Spermatophyta (division)

Sentinel Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis 'Sentinel'

Shade-loving Conifers

Various genera (Taxus, Tsuga, Thuja, Podocarpus, etc.)

Shademaster Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Shademaster'

Shade-providing canopy plants

Various species (non-specific category)

Shade-providing canopy trees

Various species (e.g., Quercus spp., Acer spp., Linden spp.)

Shade-providing trees

Various species (e.g., Quercus spp., Acer spp., Tilia spp.)

Shade Trees

Various species (e.g., Quercus spp., Acer spp., Tilia spp.)

Shade Trees (Oak, Maple, Beech)

Quercus spp., Acer spp., Fagus spp.

Littleleaf Linden

Tilia cordata

Shade Tree Species

Various (Acer, Quercus, Ulmus, Tilia, Fraxinus, and others)

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

Shallow-rooted Competing Trees

Multiple species (e.g., Acer palmatum, Betula pendula, Prunus serrulata)

Short Rotation Coppice Willow Ely

Salix viminalis × alba 'Ely'

Siberian Crab Apple

Malus baccata

Siberian crabapple

Malus baccata

Siberian Elm

Ulmus pumila

Siberian Larch

Larix sibirica

Siberian Spruce

Picea obovata

Silky Willow

Salix alba var. sericea

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

Slippery Elm

Ulmus rubra

Small Alpine Conifers

Various species (e.g., Pinus mugo, Picea pungens, Abies lasiocarpa)

Small-leaved Linden

Tilia cordata

Small Native Trees

Various species (region-dependent)

Rowan or Mountain Ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Sour Cherry

Prunus cerasus

Sour Cherry Montmorency

Prunus cerasus 'Montmorency'

Sour Cherry Morello

Prunus cerasus 'Morello'