If you’re a gardener with a small yard, never fear! It’s absolutely possible to grow trees in small yard spaces without running into space issues.
Here are a few small landscaping trees that will fit right in!
Red Buckeye Tree
Red buckeye is a small North American native tree found from Illinois to North Carolina, south to Florida, and west to central Texas. Also, this specimen can be used as either a perennial shrub or small, bushy tree.
Hummingbirds love the showy panicles of deep red flowers 6 to 10 inches long on fine-toothed, glossy, dark green palmate leaves. It’s an early bloomer and most gorgeous in spring and early summer. In addition, its blooms stay on the tree for weeks.
The tree is named for its large, nut-like seed. Shiny and dark brown with a light-colored spot, is said to resemble a deer’s eye. Despite the seed considered to be a good luck charm, they are toxic if eaten.
Where to Plant
It tolerates shade, so it’s a good understory tree or shrub in landscape design. In addition, it’s an underused native plant that can be used in woodland gardens or as a specimen plant. Red buckeye is one of the earliest woody plants to leaf out. The emerging leaves are a striking, rosy color that lights up the early spring landscape. Its brilliant flowers last for weeks in the spring.
The Lemon Tree
Gardeners can grow lemon trees outdoors and in! Lemons are a great tree for container gardening, and any other small space. Lemon trees can be started from seed, but it will be a long while until your first harvest! Instead, visit your local nursery to pick up a dwarf lemon tree. It’s important to remember to protect your lemons from frosts!
Japanese Maple
The Japanese Maple is known for its dramatic colored leaves in the Fall months. When your plant is young, make sure it has plenty of afternoon shade to protect it from harsh lighting.
There are hundreds of Japanese maple varieties that come in various sizes with a large assortment of leaf shapes and colors that range from shades of green to orange, red, purple, and variegated.
Rose of Sharon
I feature this specimen because I have it growing in my front yard. I know it’s a flowering shrub but look at it. It could pass for a small tree. It stands over 10 feet tall now, the maximum height.
Rose of Sharon is easy to grow, even for beginning gardeners. It is hardy in USDA zones 5-9. Also, Rose of Sharon bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions, including poor soil, heat, humidity, drought and air pollution.
Flowers bloom from midsummer into fall and come in colors including white, red, pink, lavender, blue and bicolors, with single or double forms. Plants have a graceful vase-shaped habit, with small attractive green leaves that are toothed, with no significant fall color, making them suitable for rose of Sharon shrub care in many landscapes.
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