Energy Savings Tree Types

Canopy Shade Trees

Trees with a mature height of 30’ that cannot be planted under power lines.

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Sweetbay Magnolia

Sweetbay Magnolias are medium sized evergreen trees that seem to glimmer in the wind due to the whitish-green underside of their leaves. Their cream-colored, lemon-scented flowers, bloom from June through September. 

Tree specs

  • Size of tree: 40-50 feet tall.
  • Width of tree: 15-25 feet wide.
  • Shape of tree: Columnar, round.
  • Leaf type: Evergreen.

Growing conditions

  • Moisture preference: Normal to wet conditions.
  • Sunlight requirements: Full sun, partial sun or partial shade.

Understory Trees

Trees that can be maintained under power lines.

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Pawpaw

With its large, drooping leaves and unique purple flowers, the pawpaw tree is a North American native that will add a bit of the tropical look to your backyard. The cup-shaped flowers also give way to oblong edible fruit that is sweet, tasting like a mix of bananas, pineapples and mangos.

Tree specs

  • Size of tree: 15-20 feet tall.
  • Width of tree: 15-20 feet wide.
  • Shape of tree: Symmetrical.
  • Leaf type: Deciduous.

Growing conditions

  • Soil preference: clay; sand; loam; acidic; slightly alkaline; occasionally wet; well-drained.
  • Sunlight requirements: Full sun, partial sun or partial shade.
Pink crepe myrtle tree

Muskogee and Purple Crape Myrtle

Beautiful summer flowers and attractive fall foliage combined with drought tolerance and urban adaptability make Crape Myrtles an excellent tree choice.

Tree specs

  • Size of tree: 10-30 feet tall
  • Width of tree: 15-25 feet wide
  • Shape of tree: vase
  • Leaf type: deciduous

Growing conditions

  • Soil preference: clay; sand; loam; alkaline; acidic; well-drained
  • Moisture preference: dry to somewhat moist soil
  • Sunlight requirements: full sun
Purple Crape Myrtle
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Tea Olive

The Tea Olive, or Sweet Olive, is a small evergreen tree most often seen planted as an ornamental landscape tree. The medium-green leaves have a pale underside and are joined from October through March by many small but extremely fragrant white blossoms.

Tree specs

  • Size of tree: 15-30 feet tall.
  • Width of tree: 15-20 feet wide.
  • Shape of tree: columnar, upright/erect, round.
  • Leaf type: Evergreen.

Growing conditions

  • Moisture preference: Moderate drought tolerance.
  • Sunlight requirements: Full sun, partial sun or partial shade.

 

 

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