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Plant Database
Landscape Trees F - G by Common Name

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Common Name Scientific Name Comments 
 
Flowering Cherry
Thumbnail picture of Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan') tree.  Select for larger images and more information.  Full sun icon - yellow sun.
Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'
  • Size: small sized tree (12' tall by 12' wide); distinct vase shape
  • Flowers: beautiful early spring flowers; double, light pink
  • Fruit: not significant
  • Fall color: none
  • Culture: full sun. Requires constant moisture
  • Use: specimen flowering tree
Flowering Crabapple
Thumbnail picture of Flowering Crabapple (Malus sp.) tree with spring white flowers  Select for larger images and more information.  Full sun icon - yellow sun.
malus sp.
  • Size: small sized tree (15' tall by 15' wide)
  • Flowers: known for exceptional flower display. Colors: pink, white, red; single/doubles. Mid-spring (April)
  • Fruits: attractive fruits in the fall/winter, red, orange, yellow; pea-sized to 2"
  • Fall color: generally not significant
  • Culture: full sun. Soil adaptable
  • Disease/insect: cedar apple rust, fireblight
  • Use: small flowering tree
  • Cultivars: hundreds of selections based on differences in plant size, flower color, fruit size/color
  • More common in Northwest Arkansas
Flowering Peach
Thumbnail picture of Flowering Peach (Prunus persica) tree.  Select for larger images and more information.  Full sun icon - yellow sun.
Prunus persica
  • Size: small sized tree (15' tall by 10' wide)
  • Flowers: beautiful mid spring flowers (white or pink) single or double)
  • Fruit: edible peach
  • Fall color: none
  • Culture: full sun. Requires constant moisture
  • Use: fruit tree
Fringetree: Grancy Gray-beard
Thumbnail picture of Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) tree with white spring flowers  Select for larger images and information.  Partial sun icon - half yellow half black sun.
Chionanthus virginicus
  • Size: large shrub/small-sized tree (20' tall by 20' wide)
  • Flowers: dramatic lacy white flowers mid-April
  • Fruit: not significant. Dark blue drupe
  • Fall color: none
  • Culture: adaptable. Even flowers well in shade
  • Disease/insect: none
  • Uses: woodland landscape
  • Native
Ginkgo
Thumbnail picture of Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) tree in yellow fall color  Select for larger images and more information. 
Ginkgo biloba
  • Size: medium-large sized tree (75' tall by 60' wide). Slow growing
  • Flowers: not significant
  • Fruit: 1" 'plum'. Avoid female trees (very foul smelling fruits)
  • Fall color: excellent clear yellow. Distinctive webbed leaf
  • Culture: very tough tree. Good urban tree
  • Use: street tree, lawn tree
Goldenraintree
Thumbnail picture of Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria paniculata) in bloom with yellow flowers  Select for larger images and more information. 
Koelreuteria paniculata
  • Size: small sized tree (25' tall by 30' wide)
  • Flowers: exceptional summer flowering tree. Deep yellow, terminal panicles
  • Fruit: bladder-like fruit capsule
  • Fall color: none
  • Culture: adaptable
  • Use: small flowering tree

Trees H - N by Common Name
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