Memorial Trees

• Mature height: up to 35m high

• Produces yellow-green flowers (at 8-15 years old); leaves shaped like tulips; yellow fall color

• Attracts bees and tiger swallowtail butterfly

• Fast growing; extremely hardy once established

• Young trees need consistent watering to establish

• Spring planting only

• Mature height: up to 9m high

• Multi-seasonal interest: white spring flowers, small purple-red fruit, yellow-orange fall leaf colour

• Tolerant of shade and occasional periods of drought and most growing conditions; few pests

• Berries are a food source for birds and edible to humans

• Compact in size

• Mature height: 15-20m high

• Naturally occurring cross between the native,silver and red maples

• Fast growing; extremely hardy; tolerant of most soil conditions

• Brilliant orange-red fall leaf colour

• Mature height: 15-25m high

• Produces legume large, hard seed pods (though non-legume producing variety is available)

• Fast growing; extremely hardy; drought and salt tolerant; species at risk

• Fun fact: Gymoclaudus dioicus means ‘almost naked’ referring to how the tree looks in winter when the compound leaves are gone

• Mature height: 9 - 15m

• Pendulous white flowers; clear yellow fall leaf colour

• Moderate growth rate, prefers moist soil

• Can be highly susceptible to ice storms due to weak wood

• Good for small spaces

• Tolerant of many soil conditions

• Non-native

• Medium salt tolerance

• Hardy

• Fun fact: Phrenologists consider lilacs as an ‘indicator plant’ used to track the Earth’s warming

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• Mature height: 30m

• Umbrella-like canopy

• Leaves are a food source for a variety of butterflies

• Tolerant of urban conditions, rapid growth

• Cultivars have been introduced that are showing resistance to Dutch Elm Disease

• Mature height: 35m

• Leaves turn pale yellow or brown in fall

• Produces keys

• Weak wood can cause problems with breaking branches; raised roots can be problematic near sidewalks

• Tolerant of urban conditions; rapid growth

• Mature height: 20-30m

• Medium to fast growth; long lived

• Once established, drought tolerant; salt tolerant

• Red to brown fall colour

• Acorns (though produced every two years);

• Large, wide tree with narrow, round-topped head

• Mature height: 9-15m

• Moderately long lived

• Leaves turn light yellow in fall

• Pea-size berry that hangs on tree through winter

• Butterfly larval host plant

• Fairly salt and drought tolerant once established