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Articles tagged Fastigiates

  • 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   Height: 20-30' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun to...

  • Marmo Freeman's Maple

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Fastigiates, Columnars
     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...

  • 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: Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanical Name: Taxodium distichum 'Shawnee Brave' Common Name: Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress   Click on an image to enlarge. Fall form Fall leaf

  • Ivory Silk Tree Lilac

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Fastigiates, Columnars
     Botanical Name: Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk'Common Name: Ivory Silk Tree Lilac click image to enlarge Flower   Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Oval Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements:...

  • Upright Eastern White Pine

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

  • Adirondack Crabapple

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Crabapple, Crabapples for the Home Landscape, Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanical Name: Malus ‘Adirondack’ Common Name: Adirondack Crabapple   Click image to enlarge Form Fruit Bark Height/Width:12'/6'Form: ColumnarBud/Flowers:  Red/White Fruit:  Orange RedDisease Resistance:...

  • Chanticleer Callery Pear

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

  • 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 Green 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 Green Eastern Arborvitae Form Click to enlarge photo Height: 10-15' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements:...

  • Princeton Sentry Ginkgo

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

  • Upright European Hornbeam

    | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Fastigiates, Columnars
    Botanic 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 shade...