Re: small trees/archives



Two that have been suggested are pagoda
dogwood, & leatherwood. They both look interesting but I am unable to find
information on how invasive their root systems may or may not be.



Layne, I don't grow leatherwood, but have lots of pagoda dogwoods, and they
are absolutely wonderful! No invasive roots, mature height around 20-25',
lovely, architectural horizontal branching, great hardiness, big white
cymes of flowers in spring, burgundy fall foliage, tolerate partial shade.
Another couple that would work (without invasive root systems) are
Serviceberry (Amelanchier) and Redbud (you'd want the Columbus strain,
however......it was developed in Columbus, Wisconsin in zone 4).
Serviceberry has edible fruit that the birds love, white flowers in spring,
great fall foliage color, toleration of some shade, mature height around
25'. Redbud has gorgeous, heart-shaped leaves, wonderful spring pink
flowers, and tolerates some shade (actually would prefer it). Some other
choices in zone 4 would be some of the spectacular Sambucus cultivars
(Elderberry) like Sutherland Gold (gold, laciniate leaves), Pulverenta
(older leaves get strong variegation so the tree looks like it's covered in
white blooms), Black Beauty (leaves come out green and turn black-purple as
the season goes along, red buds opening to white flowers touched pink).
Jean Bawden, Madison, Wi zone 4/5



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