Small Trees for Areas With Restricted Root Space
Botanical name Common name
Acer campestreHedge maple
A. ginnalaAmur maple
A. palmatumJapanese maple
Albizia julibrissinSilk tree
CarpinusHornbeam
CercisRedbud
CornusDogwood
CrataegusHawthorn
Elaeagnus angustifoliaRussian olive
IlexHolly
KoelreuteriaGolden-rain tree
Magnolia x soulangianaSaucer magnolia
M. stellataStar magnolia
MalusCrabapple
Pistacia chinensisChinese pistache
PrunusFlowering cherry, peach, plum
StyraxSnowbell
Viburnum prunifoliumBlack haw
V. rufidulumSouthern black haw
V. sieboldiiSiebold viburnum

From Trees for American Gardens, Donald Wyman. Copyright 1951, 1965, MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. Reprinted by permission.