The city cut down a tree in our new house’s front yard for a bike path. They’re offering to plant two trees from this list. Front yard is now pretty small because of the bike path, so anything put there can’t be massive. I’m hoping we have the option to put something in the backyard as well, though.
Property already has a cherry tree and two crab trees.
ETA more info:
Looking for the tree in the front yard to have a 20-30’ canopy and the tree in the backyard to have a 40-50’ canopy, could be a bit larger.
Ideally nothing super messy or gutter clogging (I read that locust style little leaves clog easily).
Easy to maintain.
Soil is possibly silt loam and sandy.
Front yard faces south and gets more sun.
Backyard faces north.
by Clementine_Clown
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Fully depends on what the soil is like there. Is it full sun? Id say northern pin oak and autumn gold ginkgo. But if you want both to be native replace the ginkgo with skyline honey locust. Its a cultivar of the native honey locust
you can graft some fruits to the hawthorn and the pears, don’t let them put an aspen in though.
some of these are native and some are invasive, what a crazy spread here. bur oak is one of the best. very typically mid west keystone. best for wildlife, and long lived. big. what size trees will fit the spot?
I would come back with an exact maximum canopy size you are comfortable with. “pretty small” means very different things in different places.
This list runs the gamut of choices. We don’t have enough information on what you require to offer meaningful assistance.
Morton Arboretum has a great tool for picking species. You can filter out for tree size and it will give lots of good info to consider about the trees