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Articles tagged Columnars

  • Columnar or Fastigiate Trees

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Columnars, Fastigiates
    Trees that are naturally narrow, usually with a single trunk, and have a shorter, uniform branch spread are referred to as columnar trees. Trees that have many trunks or branches that grow erect and close together to form a uniform, narrow crown are...

  • Pyramidal Eastern Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: large evergreen, Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanical Name:  Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis'Common Name: Pyramidal Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013   Height: 20-30' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers...

  • Marmo Freeman's Maple

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Columnars, Fastigiates, Four Season Landscape
    Botanical Name: Acer x freemanii 'Marmo' Common Name: Marmo Freeman's Maple Reviewed 1/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form fall color Height: 45-70' Spread: 35-40' Habit/Form: Uniform, upright to columnar Growth...

  • Armstrong Freeman's Maple

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Columnars, Fastigiates
    Botanical Name: Acer x freemanii 'Armstrong'  Common Name: Armstrong Freeman's Maple Reviewed 1/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form Fall form Fall leaf Bark ...

  • Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Columnars, Fastigiates
    Botanical Name: Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson' Common Name: Bald-Cypress - SHAWNEE BRAVE™ Updated 1/2013   Click on an image to enlarge. Fall form Fall leaf   Height: 50' Spread: 20' Habit/Form: Narrowly...

  • Ivory Silk Tree Lilac

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanical Name: Syringa reticulata ssp. reticulata 'Ivory Silk'Common Name: Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac Updated 1/2013 click image to enlarge Flower   Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Oval Growth Rate: Medium...

  • Upright Eastern White Pine

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Columnars, Fastigiates
    Botanical Name: Pinus strobus ‘Fastigiata’ Common Name: Upright Eastern White Pine Updated 11/2012   Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles   Cones Bark   Height:...

  • Adirondack Crabapple

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Columnars, Fastigiates, Crabapples for the Home Landscape, Crabapple
    Botanical Name: Malus ‘Adirondack’ Common Name: Adirondack Crabapple Updated 10/2012   Click image to enlarge Form Fruit Bark Height:12'  Spread: 6'  Habit/Form: Columnar  Growth Rate:...

  • Chanticleer Callery Pear

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Columnars, Fastigiates
    Botanical Name: Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Common Name: Chanticleer Callery Pear Updated 12/2012   Click on an image to enlarge Form Flower/Fruit Bark   Height:  30'  Spread:...

  • Paperbark Maple

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants for Shady Sites, Four Season Landscape, Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanical Name: Acer griseum Common Name: Paperbark Maple Updated 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Summer Form Winter Form Fruit   Summer leaves Fall Leaves Bark Height:...

  • Emerald Eastern Arborvitae

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Arborvitae, Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' Common Name: Emerald Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Form Click to enlarge photo Height: 10-15' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-7Cultural...

  • Princeton Sentry Ginkgo

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba ‘Princeton Sentry' Common Name: Princeton Sentry Ginkgo Updated 4/2012   Height: 60' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Columnar Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun, prefers deep sandy soils...

  • Upright European Hornbeam

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Columnars, Fastigiates
    Botanical Name: Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'Common Name: Upright European Hornbeam Updated 2/2012   Height: 30-40' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: oval   Growth Rate:Slow   Zone: 5-7 Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part...