Ornamental Trees...GREAT things come in small packages
 Smaller in stature than shade trees, ornamentals have a more narrow spread making them easier to fit in small yards. Often, they add landscape interest in the form of flowers, fruit, or fall color. Many offer 3-4 seasons of interest.
Fruit trees are also ornamental. But, they are a bit more work than those listed below, so we've grouped them together here. If you are up for yearly maintenance (and harvest!), they make wonderful ornamentals as well.
Aspen (Populus)
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Aspen, Fall Color
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Height: 30'-40'
Spread: 12'-15'
Fall Color: Yellow to Orange
Other Notes: Native tree with pretty white bark and trembling leaves. Prefers rich, moist soil. Trees will sucker, forming groves. They do best at higher elevations. At lower elevations we see many disease and insect problems.
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Aspen, Swedish (Populus)
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Height: 40'
Spread: 10'
Fall Color: Yellow
Other Notes: Tall and skinny with a columnar shape. Native to the forests of Sweden, this
slender tree can be used in smaller spaces. Dark green leaves with a silvery underside
give a calming sound with the slightest breeze. Prefers rich, well-drained, moist soil.
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Cherry, Ornamental (Prunus)
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Canada Red Cherry AKA Shubert Chokecherry
(Prunus virginiana)
Height: 20'-30'
Spread: 20'
Flowers: Pendulous clusters of white flowers in late spring, followed by purple-red cherries.
Fall Color: Reddish-purple
Other Notes: Very easy to grow. Leaves are green in spring and gradually mature to red later in the season, and finally a dark reddish-purple in fall.
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Photo Courtesy Moana Nursery
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Cherry, Ornamental Weeping Snow Fountain
(Prunus x 'Snofozam')
Height: 10'-12'
Spread: 6'-12'
Flowers: Profuse white flowers in early spring.
Fall Color: Gold and orange hues.
Other Notes: Weeping habit of cascading branches and small size makes this tree ideal an as accent plant that offers four seasons of interest.
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Crabapple (Malus)
It's hard to beat crabapples for a show of spring flowers! They are typically as wide as they are tall which gives them a broad rounded shape. If you like the flowers but not the fruit, check out 'Spring Snow.' It flowers profusely with little or no fruit. Crabapples can also be useful to polinate apple trees that produce edible fruit. They must bloom the same time as your apple fruit tree to do this. Blooming times for ornamental crabapples are listed below.
Firebird Crabapple
Height: 10'
Spread: 8'
Flower: Dainty white in Spring (Late blooming variety)
Fall Color: Smothered in fall with dark red persistent fruit
Other Notes: A very compact, slow growing crab. Another type that works
well in small spaces.
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Indian Magic Crabapple
Height: 15'-20'
Spread: 15'-20'
Flowers: Single red buds open to deep pink flowers. (Late blooming variety)
Fall Color: Small ½" glossy red fruit changes to orange. Yellow leaf color in Fall.
Other Notes: Deep green leaves during the season. Birds love the fruit.
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Photos Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Louisa Crabapple
Height: 12'-15'
Spread: 12'-15'
Flowers: Deep pink buds open to dainty light pink flowers (Early blooming variety)
Fall Color: Golden yellow fruit.
Other Notes: Spreading shape with a weeping habit.
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Photo Courtesy Willoway Nurseries Inc
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Photo Courtesy Willoway Nurseries Inc
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Pink Princess Crabapple
Height: 8'-10'
Spread: 10'-12'
Flowers: Rose-pink flowers (Late blooming variety)
Fall Color: Deep red fruit
Other Notes: A petite crabapple that works well as an accent tree in small spaces.
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Profusion Crabapple
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Flowers: Red buds open purplish red and fade to a purplish pink. (Mid-late blooming variety)
Fall Color: Small, ½" fruit is red.
Other Notes: Leaves are purple in spring and mature to bronze.
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Photos Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Photos Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Robinson Crabapple
Height: 25'
Spread: 25'
Flowers: Deep pink. (Early blooming variety)
Fall Color: Foliage is coppery orange. Fruit is dark red.
Other Notes: Unique leaves are bronze-green in season.
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Sargent Crabapple
Height: 6'-8'
Spread: 12'
Flower: Fragrant 1" flowers are pink in bud and open to white in Spring. (Late blooming variety)
Fall Color: Small, bright red fruits are favored by birds.
Other Notes: Wider than it is tall, this tree is a dwarf spreading type.
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Photo Courtesy Willoway Nurseries Inc
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Sargent Tina Crabapple
Height: 5'-8'
Spread: 6'-8'
Flower: Red buds open to pure white in Spring. (Late blooming variety)
Fall Color: Loads of small bright red fruit.
Other Notes: Need an accent tree? This one is petite and sweet. This hardy crabapple is a dwarf selection of the larger Sargent crab and has a wide spreading habit.
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Photos Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Spring Snow Crabapple
Height: 20'-25'
Spread: 20'
Flowers: Sterile profuse double white blossoms cover the tree in early spring and produce little to no fruit. (Early blooming variety)
Fall color: Yellow
Other Notes: Bark when young is a shiny amber color, very pretty.
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Thunderchild Crabapple
Height: 20'
Spread: 15'-20'
Flowers: Delicate pink to rose colored flowers. (Mid-late blooming variety)
Fall Color: ½" Dark red-purple fruit. Leaves are deep purple.
Other Notes: Deep purple foliage throughout season.
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Photos Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Zumi Calocarpa Crabapple
also known as the 'Redbud Crabapple'
Height: 20'-25'
Spread: 15'-30'
Flowers: Pink and white blooms (Early-Mid Flowering variety)
Fall Color: A profusion of tiny red fruit favored by birds
Other Notes: Spreading, irregular habit
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Filbert, Purple Leaf (Corylus)
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Also known as Hazelnut, European Filbert
Height: 12'-15'
Spread: 12'-15'
Fall/Winter Color: Maroon winter catkins and interesting twisted branches
Other Notes: A compact, upright grower. Foliage is a rich maroon in Spring that becomes greener in Summer heat.
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Golden Raintree (Koelreuteria)
Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Height: 20'-30'
Spread: 15'-20'
Flowers: Large sprays of yellow flowers in mid-summer followed by Chinese lantern-like pods.
Fall Color: Yellow
Other Notes: Deep green fern-like foliage.
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Hawthorn (Crataegus)
Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Crimson Cloud Hawthorn
Height: 15'-20'
Spread: 12'-20'
Flowers: In late Spring, red blossoms have a small white star in the center.
Fall Color: Glossy red fruit persists through winter. No noticeable leaf color.
Other Notes: Low-branching, rounded tree. Deep green leaves. Thornless.
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Russian Hawthorn
Height: 15'-18'
Spread: 18'-20'
Flowers: Creamy white in late Spring
Fall Color: Red clusters of berries
Other Notes: Spreading irregular branching pattern.
Four season interest.
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Photos Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
Summer Berries
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Berries in Fall
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Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn
Height: 20'-30'
Spread: 20'-35'
Flowers: Creamy white in late Spring.
Fall Color: Green berries turn into a bright red that persists through winter. Orange leaf color.
Other Notes: Glossy green leaves. Horizontal growth habit. Bark exfoliates in thin strips. Interesting green berries in summer give the tree a two-tone effect.
 
Summer Berries Fall/Winter Berries
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Winter King Thornless Hawthorn
Height: 20'-25'
Spread: 20-25'
Flowers: Creamy white in late Spring
Fall Color: Orange red fruits and yellow leaves
Other Notes: Wide-spreading showy gray branches exfoliate with age to show the attractive orange inner bark. Vase-shaped canopy.
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Photo Courtesy Willoway Nurseries
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Lilac Tree (Syringa)
Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Japanese Lilac Tree Variety: Ivory Silk
Height: 20'-25'
Spread: 15'-20'
Flowers: Showy, creamy white 'lilac' shaped flowers in early summer followed by tan fruit.
Fall Color: Not showy—gold tones.
Other Notes: Related to shrub form of lilacs. Dark cherry brown bark. Rounded vase-shape with age.
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Locust (Robinia)
Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Twisty Baby Locust
Height: 15'
Spread: 15'
Flowers: Pendulous white blossoms in spring.
Fall Color: Yellow
Other Notes: The highlight of this tree is its irregular twisted branches and emerald green leaves. Prune to encourage contorted growth.
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Maple (Acer)
'Flame' Amur Maple (Acer ginnala)
Height: 15'-20'
Spread: 20'-25
Fall Color: Ranges from orange-yellow to red
Other Notes: A graceful irregular shape with slender branches. Rounded shape. Extremely hardy and drought tolerant. Medium green leaves in season are adorned with decorative samaras in summer. Leaves turn bright shades in fall. We offer the tree form....but you will also see this tree grown around Colorado Springs as a multi-stem large shrub.
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Decorative samaras in summer
Fall Color
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'Hot Wings' Tatarium Maple (Acer tataricum)
Height: 20'-25'
Spread: 20'-25'
Flowers: Small yellow flowers followed by bright red tipped samaras.
Fall Color: Yellow to Red traditional maple color.
Other Notes: Graceful upright spreading habit. A nice alternative when you don't have room for a typical LARGE maple tree. A Colorado Plant Select tree.
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Photos Courtesy Plant Select
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Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum)
Height: 20'-30'
Spread: 10'-15'
Fall Color: red to orange --varies from year to year
Other Notes: Grown for its beautiful cinnamon colored exfoliating bark. A slow growing tree with an upright oval shape at maturity. Tolerates clay. Prefers average to moist soil. Zone 5.
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Decorative peeling Bark
Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
Beginning of Fall Color
Photo Courtesy Willoway Nurseries Inc
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Mountain Ash (Sorbus)
Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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European Mountain Ash
Height: 20'-30'
Spread: 20'-25'
Flowers: Clusters of small white flowers.
Fall: Showy orange-red fruit that persists into winter. Leaves turn red.
Other Notes: Dark green, fine textured leaves. Birds love the fruit. Plant in soil with good drainage.
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American Mountain Ash
Height: 15'-25''
Spread: 10'-15'
Flowers: Showy clusters of small white blooms
Fall: Orange and purple tones with orange red fruit, favored by birds.
Other Notes: Dark green leaves. Slow growing tree with an upright oval shape at maturity.
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Pear, Ornamental (Pyrus)
Chanticleer
Height: 25'-30'
Spread: 15'
Flowers: Clusters of creamy-white flowers in early Spring before leaves emerge
Fall color: Red/Purple tones.
Other Notes: This is one of the first trees to bloom in Spring and one of the last ones to drop its leaves in Fall. A very nice ornamental that fits in a small space due to its pyramidal, upright shape.
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Redspire
Height: 30'-35'
Spread: 15'-20'
Flowers: White flowers in Spring before leaves emerge
Fall Color: Red/Purple tones
Other notes: Slow growing, pyramid form. Glossy green leaves
turn deep shades of red/purple and are one of the last to drop in Fall.
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Photo Courtesy Willoway Nurseries Inc
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Plum, Ornamental (Prunus)
Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Double Flowering Plum
(Prunus triloba)
Height: 10'-12'
Spread: 10'-12'
Flowers: Profuse double pink blossoms
Other Notes: Actually a large shrub that has been trained into a tree. Rounded form, makes a nice accent.
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Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Newport Plum
(Prunus cerasifera)
Height: 15'-20'
Spread: 15'-20'
Flowers: Fragrant pink blossoms in spring followed by small purple fruit.
Fall Color: Purple-red leaves.
Other Notes: Deep purple-red leaves all season. Rounded form.
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Mulberry (Morus)
Photo Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Weeping Mulberry
Height: 15'
Spread: 15'
Flower: Inconspicuous greenish-white in late spring.
Fall Color: Yellow
Other Notes: Attractive weeping form with slender cascading branches. Fruitless type. Needs staking when young.
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Redbud, Eastern (Cercis)
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Height: 30'-35'
Spread: 20'-25'
Flowers: Lavender pink pea-like flowers in Spring
Fall Color: Yellow hues
Other Notes: Heart-shaped leaves emerge after the flowers. Zone 4.
Rounded shape at maturity.
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Photo Courtesy Willoway Nurseries Inc
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Willow (Salix)
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Photos Courtesy Bailey Nurseries Inc
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Hakuro Nishiki Willow
Height: 4'-6'+
Spread: 4'-6'+
Flower: No
Fall Color: Variegated white/green/pink
Other Notes: This shrub can also be grown as a small accent tree. You may prune to keep the growth tight OR allow it to take on a weeping form. Foliage is a blend of white, green, and pink. May be grown in full or part sun.
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