Red Maple
Red Maple is one of the quickest ways to grow a broad native shade canopy, especially on moisture-holding soil.
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River Birch
River Birch (Betula nigra) is the birch that survives heat, humidity, and heavy wet clay, and its peeling salmon bark is the…
Serviceberry
Serviceberry (Amelanchier) is a small rose-family tree that gives white flowers in very early spring, edible purple fruit in…
Smoke Tree
Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria) gets its name from thousands of hair-covered flower stalks that blur into a pink haze above dark…
Southern Magnolia
Southern Magnolia is not just a flowering tree. It is a broad evergreen anchor that throws heavy shade, glossy leaves, giant…
Sweetgum
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) is a fast 60 to 75 ft native shade tree with star-shaped leaves and the best multi-color fall…