Recommended street trees
March 30th, 2009
RECOMMENDED STREET TREES
LARGE INDIGENOUS TREES
|
Botanical Name and
Common Name
|
Deciduous
Evergreen
|
Height
M
|
Spread
M
|
Flowers
|
Comments
|
|
Croton sylvaticus
Forest Feverberry |
E
|
8m
|
14m
|
Cream to pale yellow |
Dense, rounded crown of soft, green foliage |
|
Kirkia acuminata
White Syringa |
D
|
13m
|
12m
|
Spray of small white flowers |
Stunning autumn foliage |
|
Acacia sieberana
Paperbark Thorn |
E
|
12m
|
12m
|
Balls of creamy pale yellow |
Magnificent wide spreading crown |
|
Podocarpus falcatus
Outeniqua Yellowwood |
E
|
15m
|
10m
|
|
Attractive evergreen |
|
Podocarpus henkelii
Henkel’s Yellowwood |
E
|
15m
|
10m
|
|
Glossy, drooping foliage and neat |
|
Ekebergia capensis
Cape Ash
|
E
|
10m
|
12m
|
Small, white |
Roots non-aggressive; large, spreading, round crown |
|
Ficus sur
Cape Wild Fig |
E
|
12m
|
10m
|
Red / yellow |
Root system aggressive |
|
Calodendrum capense
Cape Chestnut |
E
|
9m
|
12m
|
Maroon
|
Round canopy |
|
Acacia xanthophloea
Fever Tree |
D
|
15m
|
12m
|
Golden yellow |
Round, spreading crown; bark lemon |
|
Sclerocarya birrea
Marula
|
D
|
10m
|
12m
|
Yellow
|
Round to spreading crown |
|
Bridelia micrantha
Mitzeeri; Coastal Golden Leaf |
S/D
|
10m
|
10m
|
Creamy yellow |
Excellent shade tree |
|
Olinia emarginata
Hard Pear
|
E
|
12m
|
10m
|
Pinkish red |
Round neat growth; attractive |
|
Trichilia emetica
Natal Mahogany
|
E
|
8m
|
12m
|
Creamy green |
Round, wide-spreading crown
Neat shade tree |
|
Afzelia quanzensis
Pod Mahogany |
E
|
10m
|
10m
|
Green with reddish petal |
Leaves drooping
Wide spreading crown |
|
Rauvolfia caffra
Quinine Tree |
E
|
10m
|
12m
|
Wax white
|
Good shade; decorative for larger areas |
|
Protorhus longifolia
Red Beech
|
E
|
10m
|
10m
|
Greenish white |
Makes stunning tree; neat; prune early age |
|
Combretum erythrophyllum
River Bushwillow |
S/D
|
10m
|
12m
|
Greenish white |
Used as a street tree successfully Round crown |
|
Millettia grandis
Umzimbeet
|
S/D
|
10m
|
10m
|
Mauve
|
Need pruning to form straight stems
Useful street tree |
RECOMMENDED STREET TREES
MEDIUM INDIGENOUS TREES
|
Botanical Name and
Common Name
|
Deciduous
Evergreen
|
Height
M
|
Spread
M
|
Flowers
|
Comments
|
|
Acacia karroo
Sweet Thorn |
D
|
8m
|
8m
|
Sweet scented, golden yellow |
Widespread trees for South Africa |
|
Bolusanthus speciosus
Tree Wisteria |
D
|
7m
|
6m
|
Mauve, pearl-like |
Graceful and neat |
|
Celtis africana
White Stinkwood |
D
|
10m
|
14m
|
Tiny, yellowish |
Striking pale grey trunk |
|
Euclea natalensis
Natal Guarri |
E
|
10m
|
10m
|
Small, cream, bell-shaped, scented |
Dense spreading rounded crown |
|
Ptaeroxylon obliquum
Sneezewood
|
D
|
10m
|
8m
|
Lemon/yellow
|
Handsome shade tree; moderately growing |
|
Schotia brachypetala
Tree Fuchsia |
D
|
12m
|
12m
|
Deep crimson |
|
|
Syzygium cordatum
Umdoni
|
E
|
11m
|
12m
|
Cream, pale pink |
Aggressive; neat; well shaped with spreading crown
|
|
Vepris lanceolata
White Ironwood |
E
|
7m
|
6m
|
Yellow
|
Tall; graceful; rounded crown; shiny foliage
|
|
Olea europaea
Wild Olive |
E
|
9m
|
10m
|
White to green |
Roots aggressive; neatly shaped; dense foliage |
|
Harpephyllum caffrum
Plum Tree
|
E
|
12m
|
12m
|
Whitish
|
Neat; compact; rounded
|
|
Erythrina lysistemon
Coral Tree |
D
|
8m
|
8m
|
Scarlet
|
Fast growing; drought resistant |
|
Ziziphus mucronata
Buffalo Thorn |
D
|
9m
|
12m
|
Yellow-green
|
Well shaped; widely spreading |
|
Rhus lancea |
E
|
7m
|
9m
|
Greenish-yellow
|
Drooping crown; glossy, olive green foliage |
|
Rhus pendolina |
E
|
8m
|
8m
|
Greenish-yellow
|
Willow-like habit, dropping leaves |
|
Berchemia zeyheri
Red Ivory
|
S/D
|
8m
|
8m
|
Star shade green |
Attractive specimen; makes neat tree |
RECOMMENDED STREET TREES
SMALL INDIGENOUS TREES
|
Botanical Name and
Common Name
|
Deciduous
Evergreen
|
Height
M
|
Spread
M
|
Flowers
|
Comments
|
|
Acacia Robusta
Ankle Thorn |
D
|
7m
|
12m
|
Cream, yellow balls |
Irregularly rounded; spreading crown |
|
Cordia caffra
Septee Tree |
D
|
6m
|
8m
|
Cream, bell shaped |
Attractive spreading crown |
|
Euclea crispa
Blue Guarri |
E
|
6m
|
5m
|
Yellow-green
|
Neat; well shaped |
|
Heteropyxis natalensis
Lavender Tree |
D
|
6m
|
6m
|
Cream to yellow |
Handsome, neat; attractive crown |
|
Dombeya rotundifolia
Common Wild Pear |
D
|
6m
|
4m
|
Cream, white |
Ideal avenue tree; neat, well shaped |
|
Rhus leptodictya
Mountain Karee |
D
|
6m
|
7m
|
Tiny yellow flowers |
Well shaped; dependable. Excellent for street; non aggressive root system |
|
Calpurnia aurea
Wild Laburnum |
E
|
5m
|
4m
|
Bright yellow flowers |
Tremendous horticultural potential; neat for street tree; round crown |