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Home » Learn » Trees & Plants » Bernheim Select Urban Trees

Bernheim Select Urban Trees

Just because you live in an urban environment, doesn’t mean you can’t put your green thumb to use. Here are the trees that we think are most suitable for yards and streetsides.

  • American smoketree (Cotinus obovatus)
  • Amur maackia (Maackia amurensis)
  • Apple serviceberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora)
  • Chinese dogwood (Cornus kousa)
  • Chinese fringetree (Chionanthus retusus)
  • common silverbell (Halesia carolina)
  • Cornelian cherry dogwood (Cornus mas)
  • double-flowered Higan cherry (Prunus subhirtella var. autumnalis)
  • downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
  • Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
  • European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
  • flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
  • fragrant snowbell (Styrax obassia)
  • fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus)
  • fullmoon maple (Acer japonicum)
  • hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
  • Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
  • Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
  • Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
  • katsuratree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
  • Miyabe maple (Acer miyabei)
  • mountain stewartia (Stewartia ovata)
  • Oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata)
  • paperbark maple (Acer griseum)
  • red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
  • Red Splendor crabapple (Malus x ‘Red Splendor’)
  • Sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)
  • smooth serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)
  • sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
  • star magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
  • sweet birch (Betula lenta)
  • sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
  • tall stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha)
  • three-flower maple (Acer triflorum)
  • two-winged silverbell (Halesia tetraptera)
  • umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala)
  • weeping pagodatree (Styphnolobium (Sophora) japonicum ‘Pendula’)
  • yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea)

Why Plant a Tree?

Learn about the many benefits of trees, how to choose the best tree for your particular space, and how to plant your tree.

Why Plant a Tree? »

Bernheim Select Utility Trees

Take a look at what trees are best to plant considering your nearby utility lines.

Bernheim Select Utility Trees »

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