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• Redbud

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: small ornamental trees, native, Native Trees, not favored by deer, ornamental, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis Common Name: Redbud Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge flowers fall color fruits bark   Height: 15-20'  Spread: 20-25'  Habit/Form: Rounded to...

• Plants not favored by deer

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: not favored by deer
  There are few things more frustrating to a gardener than having deer dine on much-cherished plants.  Even if you are prepared to tolerate deer damage because you think these animals are picturesque, take heed.  Deer are creatures of...

• Ironwood or Hop-Hornbeam

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, Intermediate Sized Trees, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Ostrya virginiana*Common Name: Ironwood, Hop-Hornbeam   Form Fall Leaves Fruit     Catkins Bark Click on an image to enlarge Height: 25-30' ...

• European Larch

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, not favored by deer, large evergreen, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Larix decidua Common Name: European Larch Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form Leaf   Flower Cone Bark Height: 70-75' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth...

• Common Bald Cypress

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Taxodium distichum Common Name: Common Bald Cypress* Click on an image to enlarge. Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-70' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal...

• Northern Catalpa

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Large Deciduous Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Catalpa speciosaCommon Name: Northern Catalpa Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge.   Form Winter form Leaf     Flower Fruit Bark   Height: 40-60'...

• Ginkgo

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, not favored by deer
  Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba Common Name: Ginkgo Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form Branch   Leaf Bark Height: 50-80' Spread: 30-40' Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal...

• Thornless Honey Locust

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, thornless
  Botanical Name: Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis Common Name: Thornless Honey Locust* Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 40-70'...

• Tulip-tree

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Butterflies, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanic name: Liriodendron tulipiferaCommon Name: Tulip-tree Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 70-90' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Rounded to oval Growth rate: F Zones: 4-9Cultural...

• Japanese Tree Lilac

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, not favored by deer
   Botanical Name: Syringa reticulataCommon Name: Japanese Tree Lilac   Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Oval to Rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3 to 7Cultural Requirements: Best flowering occurs in full sun, but tolerant of...

• Western Arborvitae

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: not favored by deer, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Thuja plicata Common Name: Western Arborvitae Click on an image to enlarge Cones Needles Height: 50-70' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone: 5-7Cultural...

• Japanese Kerria

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: not favored by deer, Low growing shrubs, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Kerria japonica Common Name: Japanese Kerria Click on an image to enlarge form Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora' Height: 3-6' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Upright and arching Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-9Cultural...

• Eurasian Smoke Tree

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, not favored by deer, Large Deciduous Shrubs, f
  Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygriaCommon Name: Eurasian Smoke Tree Updated 3/2012 Height: 10-15' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Multi-stemmed shrub or single trunk tree, often upright in habit   Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8 Cultural...

• Sweet Gum

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanic Name: Liquidambar styracifluaCommon Name: Sweet Gum Click on an image to enlarge leaves fall color fruits   Height: 60-70'Spread: 30-45'Form: Pyramidal to roundedRate: Medium to Fast (18 to 25 inches a...

• Sycamore

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanic Name: Platanus occidentalisCommon Name: Sycamore Click on an image to enlarge form leaf in winter Height: 75-100'Spread: 50-75'Form: Irregular spreadingRate: Medium to Fast (18 to 25 inches a year)Zone:...

• Sassafras

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees & Shrubs with Fabulous Fall Color, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants for Shady Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanic Name: Sassafras albidumCommon Name: Sassafras Click on an image to enlarge Fall form Leaves Fall color Winter form Bark Click on an image to enlarge. Height:...

• Spicebush

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, not favored by deer, native, Midwest, Large Deciduous Shrubs, butterfly, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name:  Lindera benzoin *Common Name:  Spicebush   Click on image to enlarge Winter form Fall form Fall leaf   Fruit Bark Height: 6-12' Spread: 6-12' ...

• Carolina-Allspice

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants for Shady Sites, not favored by deer, Intermediate Sized, Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name:  Calycanthus floridusCommon Name:  Common Sweetshrub, Carolina-Allspice Updated 2/2012 Form Flower Fall leaves   Leaf Fruit Click on an image to...

• Leatherwood

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Intermediate Sized, native, not favored by deer, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name:  Dirca palustris*Common Name:  Leatherwood Updated 3/2012   Form Flower   Leaf Leaf in fall Click on image to enlarge.Height:  5-8'  ...

• Snowberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: not favored by deer, native, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name:  Symphoricarpos albus*Common Name: Snowberry   Leaf & flower Fruit Click on image to enlarge* Native to Midwest

• Coralberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, deer, Low growing shrubs, native, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Common Name: CoralberryBotanical Name: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus* Form Winter form Fruit Click an image to enlarge Height: 2-5' Spread: 4-8' Form: Upright arching Rate:Fast (more than 12 inches per year)Zone: 2-7...