Tree Resource Center

Recommended Trees for the City of Wentzville
(Wentzville Tree Committee Tree Recommendation List October 2018) 

Large Trees (50 feet or more)

• Sugar Maple
• Red Maple
• River Birch (no White/Paper Birch)
• Gingko (Male Only)
• White Oak
• Willow Oak
• Bald Cypress
• Kentucky Coffee Tree

Medium Trees (35-50 feet)

• Thornless Honey Locust
• Sweet Bay Magnolia
• Trident MapleState
• Street Maple
• Crimson Spire Oak
• Kindred Spirit Oak
• Regal Prince Oak
• Wildfire and Green Gables Blackgum
• Columnar European Hornbeam
• Pond Cypress
• Little Volunteer Tulip Tree
• Sassafras

Small Trees (less than 35 feet)

• Thornless Cockspur Hawthorne
• Washington Hawthorne
• Imperial Honey Locust
• Flowering Dogwood – Shade areas
• Flowering Crabapple – disease-resistant varieties
• Saucer Magnolia varieties
• American Hornbeam
• American Hornbeam ‘Native Flame’
• Hop Hornbeam
• Redbud varieties
• Lilac tree varieties
• Serviceberry varieties
• Kousa Dogwood Varieties – Shade areas
• Parrotia – tree form only

Not Recommended Tree List

• Green and White Ash
• Ornamental Pear
• Russian Olive