Plant and Tree Selection Help in Fort Collins
Let us help you select the best trees and shrubs for your yard.
Scott Skogerboe of Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery recommends the following trees for the Northern Front Range of Colorado:
- Tartarian Maple
- Western Catalpa
- Hackberry
- American Linden
- European Birch
- Tricolor Birch (susceptible to sun scald)
- New Horizon Elm
- Discovery Elm
- Choice City Elm
- Sucker Punch Chokecherry
- Bigtooth Maple
- Sensation Boxelder
- Ohio Buckeye
- Burr Oak
- Chinkapin Oak
- Peking Tree Lilac
- Northern Pecan
- Kentucky Coffeetree
- Ginko (male tree, female seed has unpleasant odor)
Other resources for Front Range tree selections:
- Colorado Nursery Grower’s Association
- American Society of Landscape Architects Colorado
- The Colorado Tree Coalition
- CSU Extension: Recommended Trees for CO Front Range Communities
- CSU Extension: Front Range Tree Recommendation List
- Low Water Native Plants for Colorado Gardens: Front Range & Foothills
- CSU Extension: Small Deciduous Trees
- CSU Extension: Large Deciduous Trees
Bradford Pear in Fall Color
Crabapple tree in Spring Color
Maple tree in Fall Color
Currants in the Fall.
"Burning Bush" shrubs provide striking red colors in the Fall.
