Deciduous trees create the beautiful seasonality of the garden. Many of them have Spring or Summer flowers and most of them have noticeable Fall foliage colors. Without trees a garden would not have a feeling of space or protection.

Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)

This is a dwarf variety of the Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria ‘Young Lady’). You can see the seeds in the “smoke”.

Smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria ‘Grace’) Photos taken in May.

Smoke tree is pruned every 2-3 years to make a lot of new growth which is deep purple.

Smoke tree – photos taken in July. The seeds are embedded in the “smoke”.

The seeds create a litter problem in late summer.

Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria ‘Grace’) Photo taken in November.

Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria Purpureus’)

Golden Smoke Tree (Cotinus ‘Golden Spirit’)

Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis ‘Keith Davey’ is male so it won’t have any fruit.

Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)

Fastigate Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’) in November.

Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade Butterfly’)

Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)

See post of November 14, 2021 “Japanese Maples”

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum)

Columnar Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum ‘Armstrong’)

Camperdown Elm (Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’)

Washington Thorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)

European Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Tricolor Beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Tricolor’)

Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)

South Lake Tahoe Quaking Aspen

Birch (Betula pendula and B. papyrifera)

Japanese Flowering Cherry (Prunus yedoensis ‘Akebono’)

Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis Rosea’ sometimes blooms in the fall. These photos were taken in January.

Double Weeping Cherry (Prunus subhirtella ‘Pendula Plena Rosea’)

Crabapple (Malus ‘Strawberry Parfait’)

Japanese Flowering Crabapple (Malus floribunda)

Red Jade Crabapple (Malus ‘Red Jade’)

Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia soulangeana)

Vulcan Magnolia (Magnolia ‘Vulcan’)

Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)

Mimosa, Silk Tree (Albizzia julibrissen)

Silk Tree growing on an island in my neighbor’s pond.

Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)

Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)

Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)

Lagerstroemia ‘Raspberry Dazzler’ This is a dwarf Crepe Myrtle – 6′-8′ tall

Persian Parrotia (Parrotia persica)

Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)

The large Weeping Willow in the previous photos was destroyed in a large wind storm in 2021. The stump sprouted and a new tree is developing. This is now 6 months old.

2 years after sprouting from the stump.

5 years later.

Yellow Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’ Photos taken at Bruce Wakefield residence in Portland Oregon.

Korean Dogwood (Cornus kousa) has edible fruit.

Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

Acer rubrum has dense roots on the surface which makes it difficult to grow other plants under them.

Sour Gum, Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)

Sassafras Tree (Sassafras albidum)

Persimmon (Diospyros kaki ‘Hachiya’)

Chinese Hackberry (Celtis sinensis) is a beautiful shade tree.

Fringe Tree (Chionanthus retusus)

Red Oak (Quercus coccinea)

Cercis ‘Flame Thrower’ (Photo taken in Portland OR)

Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia) fall color

Dove Tree, Handkerchief Tree Davidia involucrata)

Japanese Snowdrop Tree (Styrax japonicus)

Evening Light Snowball Tree (Styrax japonica ‘Evening Light’)

X Chitalpa tashkentensis

Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis ‘Warren Jones‘)

Sawleaf Zelkova (Zelkova serrata)

Jade Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba ‘Jade’). The baby is also named Jade.