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Monday - October 12, 2009
From: Sapulpa, OK
Region: Southwest
Topic: Trees
Title: Native alternative for Japanese Red Maple in Oklahoma
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
Mr. Smarty Plants, I am looking for a native alternative to a Japanese Red Maple. I would like a small tree that I can put in my front garden that will not pose a security risk my being overgrown and too large. We thought the Japanese Red Maple would be nice, because it is a smaller and more contained tree, but I do not want to introduce a non-native plant. PLEASE HELP!ANSWER:
Mr. Smarty Plants can offer several attractive small native trees for Oklahoma as an alternative to Japanese maple. Here are a few of them:Cotinus obovatus (American smoketree)
Rhus lanceolata (prairie sumac)
Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud)Chionanthus virginicus (white fringetree)
Cornus drummondii (roughleaf dogwood)
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Prunus mexicana (Mexican plum)
Viburnum rufidulum (rusty blackhaw)
You can do a COMBINATION SEARCH in our Native Plant Database to see other possibilities by choosing Oklahoma from the Select State or Province category and 'Tree' from the Habit (general appearance) category.
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