Tree Guide | City of Draper

What Trees Should I Plant in Draper?

A. Street Trees:

Street trees shall be selected from the adopted Draper City street tree guide.
Street trees shall not be located within park strips less than five feet (5') wide.
Street trees shall be provided at a minimum ratio of one (1) tree for each forty feet (40') of street frontage.
Street trees shall be at least two inches (2") in caliper at time of planting.
In areas where there is no sidewalk or five feet (5') or less between the sidewalk and curb, street trees shall be installed within fifteen feet (15') of the right-of-way.
Street trees shall be irrigated through the use of bubblers or drip irrigation.

B. Maintenance: Property owners are responsible for the irrigation and maintenance of required street trees and other vegetation in park strips abutting their property pursuant to Section 9-23-140. (Ord. 394, 8-7-2001; amd. Ord. 1583, 6-20-2023)

Trees in Park Strips 5 Feet or Larger Beneath Power Lines
Common Name	Botanical Name
Cherry, Flowering	Prunus serrulata and P. yedoensis
Crabapple, Flowering	Malus cultivars non-weeping only 15' or under (Fruitless cultivars are available)
Japanese Tree Lilac	Syringa reticulata
Little Leaf Linden (Dwarf)	Tilia cordata (‘Summer Sprite’ only)
Maple, Tatarian	Acer tataricum (all cultivars)
Peking Lilac Tree	Syringa pekinensis (all cultivars)
Plum, Flowering	Prunus cerasifera (all cultivars)
Redbud, Eastern	Cercis canadensis (cultivars between 15-25 feet high)
Serviceberry Tree	Amelanchier laevis and Amelanchier x grandiflora (cultivars 15-25 feet high)
Zelkova, Japanese (Dwarf)	Zelkova serrata (‘Wireless’ and ‘City Sprite’ cultivars only)

Trees in Park Strips 5 Feet or Larger Without Power Lines (all trees listed above, plus the following)
Common Name	Botanical Name
Beech, Columnar	Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck’, ‘Dawyck Purple’ or ‘Red Obelisk’
Box Elder Maple	Acer negundo ‘Sensation’
Elm, Hybrids	Ulmus hybrids (30' or less in width; No weeping ‘Camperdown’)
Ginkgo, Maidenhair	Ginkgo biloba (all cultivars)
Goldenrain	Koelreuteria paniculata
Hackberry	Celtis occidentalis
Hawthorne	Crataegus thornless cultivars, Russian and Toba
Honeylocust	Gleditisia triacanthos (seedless cultivars only)
Ironwood	Parrotia persica
Japanese Pagoda	Sophora japonica
Maples, Norway and Shantung hybrids	Acer truncatum x Acer platanoides (Crimson, Norwegian, Pacific, Ruby, and Urban)
Maple, State Street	Acer miyabei
Oak, Columnar English	Quercus robur fastigiata (all cultivars)
Oak, Bur	Quercus macrocarpa
Redbud, eastern	Cercis canadensis (cultivars 15’ or higher)
Serviceberry Tree	Amelanchier laevis and Amelanchier x grandiflora (all cultivars)
Zelkova, Japanese	Zelkova serrata (all cultivars)

Trees in Park Strips of 10 Feet or Larger Without Power Lines (all trees listed above, plus the following)
Common Name	Botanical Name
Catalpa, Northern	Catalpa speciosa
Coffeetree, Kentucky	Gymnocladus dioicus (seedless cultivars only)
Elm, Hybrids	Ulmus hybrids (all hybrids, except for ‘Camperdownii’)
Hackberry, Common	Celtis occidentalis
Linden, American	Tilia americana ‘Redmond’
Linden, Littleleaf	Tilia cordata (all cultivars)
Linden, Silver	Tilia tomentosa (all cultivars)
Maple, Sycamore	Acer pseudoplatanus
Oak, Chinkapin	Quercus muehlenbergii
Oak, Shumard	Quercus shumardii
Tulip Tree	Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Emerald City’
Yellowood, American	Cladrastis kentukea (C. lutea)

Conifers: Best in Groupings at Entrances to Developments and in Non-Traditional Park Strips at Least 20 Feet Wide (without power lines)
Common Name	Botanical Name
Arborvitae	Thuja orientalis
Cedar, Blue Atlas	Cedrus atlantica Glauca
Cedar, Deodara	Cedrus deodara "Karl Fuchs", "Kashmir", "Shalimar"
Cedar, Weeping Alaskan	Chamaecyparis nootkatensis "Pendula"
Fir, Concolor	Abies concolor*
Fir, Douglas	Pseudotsuga menziesii
Incense cedar	Calocedrus decurrens
Juniper, Columnar	Juniperus (all upright cultivars)
Pine, Austrian	Pinus nigra (cultivars for columnar)
Pine, Bosnian	Pinus leucodermis "Heldrechii"
Pine, Scotch	Pinus sylvestris
Pine, White	Pinus strobus
Pine, Vanderwolf	Pinus flexilis "Vanderwolf's Pyramid"
Red Cedar, Eastern	Juniperus virginiana
Spruce, Colorado	Picea pungens (smaller cultivars)*

Trees in Park Strips Above 5,000 Feet Elevation
Common Name	Botanical Name
Hackberry, Common	Celtis occidentalis (without power lines)
Juniper, Rocky Mountain	Juniperus scopulorum (all cultivars)
Maple, Amur	Acer ginnala (all cultivars)
Maple, Bigtooth	Acer grandidentatum (all cultivars)*
Maple, Tatarian	Acer tataricum (all cultivars)
Oak, Gambel	Quercus gambelii
Pine Bristlecone	Pinus aristata
Pine, Pinyon	Pinus edulis
Serviceberry, Autumn Brilliance	Amelanchier x grandifolia "Autumn Brilliance"

* These species do not do well with secondary water.

Name/Genus	Details	Watering Type	Location
Malus - Crabapple	Beautiful in the spring, but can be messy	Secondary water	Shade intolerant
Cercis - Eastern Redbud	North or east side of building	Likes culinary	Full to partial shade
Magnolias	20' - 30' tall	Secondary or culinary	Prefers sun to partial shade
Accolade, Sargent - Cherry	Use thornless varieties	Secondary or culinary	Shade intolerant

Backyard Shade

Name/Genus	Details	Watering Type	Location
Tilia Cordata Greenspire - Linden	Grows up to 60' - 70' tall	Likes culinary water	Shade intolerant
Quercus Macrocarpa Muhlenbergii - Oak	Adaptations to high soil pH, moderate to severe drought, heat, cold, and winds	Secondary or culinary	Intermediate shade intolerant
Liriodendron, Emerald City - Tulip Tree	Seeds can be messy	Secondary or culinary	Shade intolerant
Gleditsia - Honeylocust	Do not plant under power lines	Secondary water	Shade intolerant

Front or Back Yard

Name/Genus	Details	Watering Type	Location
Zelkova, Village Green or Green Vase	Tolerant of drought and high soil pH	Secondary water	Intermediate shade tolerant
Ulmus, Frontier, Alee, Lacebark, or Chinese		Secondary water	Intermediate shade tolerant
Cladrastis, Kentucky, or Perkins Pink - Yellowwood		Secondary water	Shade tolerant
Tilia Cordata Tomentosa - Silver Linden	More heat and drought tolerant than other Lindens	Secondary or culinary	Shade tolerant

It is recommended that you have your soil tested to make sure it does not have verticillium wilt. Some trees will survive with this present, but it will kill others, especially maples. In trees, symptoms can appear any time but often start in hot, dry weather. Leaves will be smaller than usual and the margins may brown, looking like they are scorched. Leaves may wilt on some large branches in the crown, or on the entire side of the tree before eventually dying. Another indicator is the tree produces more seeds than usual.