Learning to recognize the importance of different shaped trees is a valuable tool for any home gardener. The branching pattern of open-head irregular trees offer wonderful shade, while the branches of weeping trees can accomplish the goal of softening the look of a landscape. The canopies of globe shaped trees are ideal for formal landscapes and fastigate shaped trees provide beautiful hedges to define boundaries. Learn how to utilize these shapely trees to help give your landscape definition and character.
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Green ash is an adaptable, fast-growing shade tree and so has become overplanted. It tolerates high pH, cold, salt, drought, and infertile soil. It reaches 50 to 60 feet tall and 25 to 30 feet wide. It matures from a pyramidal habit to an open, spreading habit.
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White ash is a handsome native tree that grows to 50 to 80 feet tall and wide. As it ages, it becomes less pyramidal and more open and rounded. The dark green leaves are 8 to 15 inches long, changing in late summer or early fall to yellow or maroon.
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When it comes to trees, a decision in haste really can lead to a lifetime of regret. Many trees grow more beautiful generation after generation. Others have the potential to create decades of trouble, dropping messy fruit or bothersome sticks.