Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade; average well-drained soil Size: 6-10 feet high; 3-6 feet wide Native Range: Eastern North America If you’re short on growing space, try the cultivar ‘Little King’ (Fox Valley), a dwarf form that grows between 15 and 20 feet tall. ‘Heritage’ varieties sport cinnamon, salmon, and brown bark that peels off in expansive sheets. It’s the peeling bark that makes this a standout tree for winter. Growing Conditions: Full sun to partial shade; moist acidic soil, but tolerates other soils Size: 40-70 feet tall; 40-60 feet wide Native Range: Eastern United States Try ‘White Water’ if you like trees with variegated green-and-white leaves. ‘Covey’ sports a weeping form with a surprising silhouette that takes center stage in the winter. Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade; medium-moist, well-drained soil Size: 20-30 feet tall; 25-35 feet wide Native Range: North and Central America Suitable for use as an ornamental tree in yards and curbsides, the Washington hawthorn also can be pruned as a hedge. Growing Conditions: Full sun; well-drained soil Size: 25-30 feet high and wide Native Range: Southeastern United States Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade; average to wet soil Size: 6-15 feet tall; 4-12 feet wide Native Range: North America Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade; medium to wet well-drained soil Size: 5-12 feet high and wide Native Range: Eastern North America Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade; moist clay or sandy soil amended with organic matter Size: 3-6 feet high and wide Native Range: Southeastern United States. Growing Conditions: Full sun to light shade; moist to well-drained soil; tolerates sandy or clay soils Size: 5-8 feet tall; 4-8 wide Native Range: Central and Eastern North America Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade; dry to medium- moist well-drained soil Size: 2-6 feet tall; 6-10 feet wide Native Range: Southeastern Canada to Southern and Eastern United States Try ‘Pee Wee’, which grows only to 3-4 feet tall and 3 feet wide, in small planting sites. Fond of fetching flowers? Opt for ‘Alice’ or ‘Snow Queen’ that bear blooms up to 14 inches long. Growing Conditions: Full sun to partial shade; average to medium-moist well-drained, organically rich soil Size: 4-6 feet tall and wide Native Range: Southeastern United States Growing Conditions: Full sun; average, dry to medium-moist well-drained soil Size: 2-4 feet tall; 1-2 feet high Native Range: Eastern North America Growing Conditions: Full sun; average, dry to medium-moist well-drained soil Size: 3-5 feet tall; 1-2 feet wide Native Range: Eastern and Central United States Growing Conditions: Part to full shade; organically rich dry to medium-moist well-drained soils Size: 1-2 feet tall and wide Native Range: Eastern North America ‘Magnus’ produces blooms with petals that are held flat (rather than drooping like the species), which makes this a fine variety for bouquets. If you like your purple coneflowers white, plant white-flowering ‘Cygnet White’ or ‘PowWow White’ varieties. Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade; average, dry to medium well-drained soil Size: 2-5 feet tall; 18-24 inches wide Native Range: Eastern North America Growing Conditions: Full sun; average, dry to medium well-drained soil Size: 4-5 feet tall; 2-3 inches wide Native Range: United States
