Name: Acer saccharum
Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 70 feet tall
Zones: 4–8
Buy It: Sugar Maple Tree Bare Root ($35, The Home Depot)
Name: Cornus
Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 25 feet tall
Zones: 5–8
Buy It: Flowering Dogwood Tree ($35, Lowe’s)
Name: Aronia arbutifolia
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade and moist, but well-drained soil
Size: To 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide
Zones: 4–9
Name: Stewartia pseudocamellia
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 40 feet tall
Zones: 5–8
Buy It: Stewartia Pseudocamellia Seeds ($4, Etsy)
Name: Ginkgo biloba
Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 100 feet tall
Zones: 4–9
Buy It: Ginkgo Tree ($45, Etsy)
Name: Acer ginnala
Growing Conditions: Sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 25 feet tall
Zones: 3–7
Buy It: Amur Maple Tree ($35, Etsy)
Name: Rhus typhina
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 15 feet tall
Zones: 3–8
Buy It: Smooth Sumac Tree ($22, Etsy)
Name: Viburnum
Growing Conditions: Sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 15 feet tall
Zones: 2–7
Buy It: Viburnum Shrub ($37, The Home Depot)
Name: Amelanchier canadensis
Growing Conditions: Full sun or part shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 20 feet tall
Zones: 3–7
Buy It: Serviceberry Plant (from $32, Etsy)
Name: Taxodium distichum
Growing Conditions: Sun and moist or wet soil
Size: To 120 feet tall
Zones: 5–10
Buy It: Bald Cypress Tree ($44, The Home Depot)
Name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and well-drained soil
Size: To 80 feet tall
Zones: 5–9
Buy It: Sweet Gum Tree (from $3, Etsy)
Name: Fothergilla major
Growing Conditions: Shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall
Zones: 5–8
Buy It: Fothergilla Shrub ($22, Etsy)
Name: Itea virginica
Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 10 feet tall
Zones: 5-9
Name: Hydrangea quericifolia
Growing Conditions: Shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall
Zones: 5–9
Buy It: Gatsby Star Oakleaf Hydrangea ($36, The Home Depot)
Name: Hamamelis virginiana
Growing Conditions: Shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 12 feet tall
Zones: 3–8
Name: Acer palmatum
Growing Conditions: Shade to part shade and moist, but well-drained soil
Size: To 25 feet tall
Zones: 5–8
Buy It: Japanese Bloodgood Red Maple Tree ($50, Home Depot)
Name: Betula lenta
Growing Conditions: Sun to shade and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 50 feet tall
Zones: 3–7
Name: Euonymus alatus
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 20 feet tall
Zones: 4-8
Name: Cotinus coggygria
Growing Conditions: Shade to part shade and moist, but well-drained soil
Size: To 15 feet tall and wide
Zones: 5–8
Buy It: Smokebush Shrub ($35, The Home Depot)
