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Trees & Shrubs - How to Choose
Perhaps the most important step in landscaping
your yard is choosing the right plants in the first
place. The “right” plant is one that will
thrive in the environment in which it is planted and
that will suit your aesthetic needs in the process.
Evaluate your yard – is it sunny?
Shady? Soggy? Dry? Knowing what you’re up against
will take you a long way towards creating and maintaining
a successful landscape.
Also, before you get to the garden center,
have a picture in your mind of your desired landscape.
Is your yard spectacular in the summer and dreary in
the winter? Have you been admiring the brilliant reds
and oranges of your neighbor’s yard in the fall?
Plant selection at a large nursery can be overwhelming
- save yourself time, money and effort by knowing your
needs up front.
Following are some lists of plants to
help you to choose the plant that is right for your
landscape. These comprise just a sampling of the trees
and shrubs that Buck
Jones has to offer.
Large Shade Trees
Red Maple (Acer
rubrum)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)
Shumard Oak (Quercus shumardii)
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Chinese Pistache (Pistacia
chinensis)
Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)
Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Small Ornamental Trees
Eastern Redbud (Cercis
canadensis)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
Laceleaf Maple (Acer palmatum
dissectum)
Flowering Cherry (Prunus
spp.)
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia
indica)
Little Gem Magnolia (Magnolia
grandiflora ‘Little Gem’)
Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia
x soulangiana)
Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
Lily Magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)
Trees for Fall Color
Red Maple (Acer
rubrum)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Chinese Pistache (Pistacia
chinensis)
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
Laceleaf Maple (Acer palmatum
dissectum)
Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron
tulipifera)
Flowering Pear (Pyrus calleryana)
Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia
indica)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Yoshino Cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Trees
that Tolerate Wet Feet
Weeping Willow (Salix
babylonica)
River Birch (Betula nigra)
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia
indica)
Evergreen Trees for
Screens
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia
grandiflora)
Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara)
Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus
virginiana)
Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Leyland Cypress (x Cupressocyparis
leylandi)
Trees for Winter Interest
(Foliage, Bark or Fruit)
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia
grandiflora)
Coral Bark Maple (Acer palmatum
‘Sango Kaku’)
Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum)
River Birch (Betula nigra)
Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara)
Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus
virginiana)
Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Large Shrubs for Screens
and Hedges
Nellie R. Stevens Holly (Ilex
x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’)
Emily Brunner Holly (Ilex
x ‘Emily Brunner’)
Burford Holly (Ilex cornuta
‘Burfordii’)
Japanese Anise (Illicium parviflorum)
Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera)
Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana)
Schip Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus
‘Schipkaensis’)
English Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
Greenleaf Holly (Ilex opaca
‘Greenleaf’)
Ligustrum (Ligustrum japonicum)
Cleyera (Ternstroemia gymnanthera)
Shrubs for Dry, Sunny
Spots
Eleagnus (Eleagnus
ebbingei)
Indian Hawthorne (Raphiolepis
indica)
Spiraea (Spiraea spp.)
Dwarf Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria
‘Schillings Dwarf’)
Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii)
Firethorn (Pyracantha
spp.)
Juniper (Juniper spp.)
Abelia (Abelia spp.)
Showy Shrubs for Shade
Fatsia (Fatsia
japonica)
Aucuba (Aucuba japonica)
Mahonia (Mahonia spp.)
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Rhododendron (Rhododendron
spp.)
Japanese Camellia (Camellia
japonica)
Sasanqua Camellia (Camellia
sasanqua)
Pieris (Pieris japonica)
Florida Anise (Illicium floridanum)
Spreading Yew (Cephalotaxus
harringtonia ‘Prostrata’)
Upright Yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia
‘Fastigiata’)
Hydrangea (Hydrangea
spp.)
Coastal Leucothoe (Leucothoe
axillaris)
Rainbow Leucothoe (Leucothoe
fontanesiana)
Low- to Medium-Height
Foundation Shrubs
Otto Luyken Laurel (Prunus
laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’ )
Indian Hawthorne (Raphiolepis
indica)
Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata)
Dwarf Gardenia (Gardenia radicans)
Daisy Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides
‘Daisy’)
Firepower Nandina (Nandina
domestica ‘Firepower’)
Moonbay Nandina (Nandina domestica
‘Moonbay’)
Gulfstream Nandina (Nandina
domestica ‘Gulfstream’)
Juniper (Juniperus spp.)
Long-blooming Shrubs
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia
davidii)
Indian Hawthorne (Raphiolepis
indica)
Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides)
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea
quercifolia)
Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronaria)
Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
Annabelle Hydrangea (Hydrangea
arborescens ‘Annabelle’)
Shrubs for Winter
Interest (Berries, blooms, bark or foliage)
Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus
sericea)
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea
quercifolia)
Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
Mahonia (Mahonia bealei)
Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles
speciosa)
Japanese Camellia (Camellia
japonica)
Sasanqua Camellia (Camellia
sasanqua)
Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera
fragrantissima)
Shrubs for Fragrance
(Foliage or blooms)
Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera
fragrantissima)
Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Japanese Anise (Illicium parviflorum)
Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera)
Winter Daphne (Daphne odora)
Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides)
Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense)
Native Azalea (Rhododendron
spp.)
Sweet Bouquet Viburnum (Viburnum
tinus ‘Sweet Bouquet’)
Shrubs for Slopes
Eleagnus (Eleagnus
ebbingei)
Juniper (Juniperus spp.)
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster
spp.)
Forsythia (Forsythia
x intermedia)
Abelia (Abelia spp.)
Shrubs for Tight Spots
Emerald Arborvitae (Thuja
occidentalis ‘Emerald’)
Sky Pencil Holly (Ilex crenata
‘Sky Pencil’)
Hetzi Columnaris Juniper (Juniperus
chinensis ‘Hetzi Columnaris’)
Blue Point Juniper (Juniperus
chinensis ‘Blue Point’)
Dwarf Alberta Spruce (Picea
glauca ‘Conica’)
Shrubs for Fall Color
Burning Bush (Euonymus
alatus ‘Compacta’)
Sweetspire (Itea virginica)
Nandina (Nandina domestica)
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea
quercifolia)
Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia)
Fothergilla (Fothergilla major)
Coastal Leucothoe (Leucothoe
axillaris)
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