Small Stature Trees (<7.5m)

Amur Maple
(Acer ginnala)

Height: 4-6m
Form: rounded
Foliage: dark green
Fall Colour: bright red
Flowers: yellowish, light fragrance

Amur Chokecherry
(Prunus maacki)

Height: 7.5m
Form: rounded
Foliage: green
Fall Colour: yellow
Flowers: white, showy, fragrant
Fruit: black drupe
Other: bark is copper/orange, attractive

Japanese Tree Lilac
(Syringa reticulate)

Height: 7.5m
Form: rounded
Foliage: dark green
Fall Colour: poor fall colour
Flowers: yellowish, light fragrance
Other: tree version of its shrub cousin, salt tolerant

Spring Snow Crab Apple
(Malus x 'Spring Snow')

Height: 7.5m
Form: oval, dense
Foliage: oval leaves , yellow
Fall Colour: yellow
Flowers: very showy, white

Pink Spires Crab Apple
(Malus x 'Pink Spire')

Height: 6m
Form: narrow
Foliage: red/purple in spring, green/bronze in summer
Fall Colour: copper
Flowers: lavendar/pink
Fruit: red, persistant

Russian Mountain Ash
(Sorbus aucuparia 'Rossica')

Height: 7.5m
Form: oval
Foliage: dark green, oval compound
Fall Colour: vibrant orange
Flowers: showy, white
Fruit: very red berries
Other: smooth olive green bark

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