Best Trees For Small Spaces
What are the best trees to use for small spaces? In our business, we have to answer this question all the time. If you are looking to find trees to fill a space in your landscape but do not have a lot of room, choosing a narrow, columnar tree is an excellent option. They will offer color, and contrast and soften a landscape giving years of pleasure each time you look at them.
Following are some great options to choose from when deciding what you would like to fill in your small space.
Crimson Spire Oak
Quercus x alba x robur Crimson Spire
Zone 5 Height 15 m Spread 6 m
The dark green foliage is mildew resistant and has an orange-red color in the fall. A very columnar, tightly fastigiate tree with nearly vertical branching.
Green Pillar Oak
Quercus palustris Green Pillar
Zone 5 Height 20 m Spread 4 m
A narrow, columnar form with glossy green leaves in the spring, with the fall brining a scarlet-red display of color. Use in those areas where space is a problem as a specimen planting, or as a street tree.
Pyramidal English Oak
Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’
Zone 5 Height 18m Spread 6 m
This selection has a distinct pyramidal shape with dense, tight upright branching and dark green foliage. A suitable tree for windbreaks, narrow spaces, or as a specimen.
Japanese Flowering Cherry
Prunus serrulate ‘Amanogawa’
Zone 5 Height 6 m Spread 2 M
An upright, narrow tree with fragrant double pink flowers in early spring. The young foliage is bronze-green becoming dark green and mature orange and red in the fall.
Swedish Upright Poplar
Populus tremula ‘Erecta’
Zone 3 Height 20 m Spread 4 m
The newly emerging foliage is bronze in spring, eventually taking a greenish-white hue with maturity. This narrow columnar tree has sharply ascending branches
Mountain Sentinel Poplar
Populus tremuloides Mountain Sentinel
Zone 3 Height 11 m Spread 3 m
Extremely narrow and upright habit with silvery-grey bark. Round green leaves turn golden yellow in the fall. This native cultivar is seedless and makes an impressive landscape accent in small spaces
Tower Poplar
Populus x canascens ‘Tower”
Zone 3 Height 16. Spread 4m
A seedless selection with a dense, narrow columnar form. Vertically ascending branches and triangular-shaped blue-green foliage with white undersides.
