§ 520.090. Planting Procedures., Chapter 520. City Tree Plan, Building and Construction, Code of Ordinances, Owensville

For Use Under Overhead Wires Or In Small Places. (Small growing trees — height generally under thirty (30) feet.) Minimum width of parkway or tree lawn for planting these trees should be four (4) feet. These trees may need to be pruned to allow freedom of movement along adjacent streets and walks.

Amur Maple: Medium texture, yellow to scarlet fall color, fragrant flowers.

Flowering Crabapple: Medium textures, developed for showy spring flowers, some good varieties are: Radiant (pink flowers), Snowdrift White Redbud (white), Hemoine (red).

Flowering Dogwood: Medium texture, showy white flowers, red fall foliage and fruit.

Redbud: Medium texture, purplish-pink spring flowers.

Washington Hawthorn: Medium texture, white flowers, red fruit, orange-red fall color, has thorns.

For Use Where Lower Limbs May Be Left On Trees. These trees should not be planted on street right-of-way because of the conical shape that they will assume. Lower limbs would tend to block light and visibility. Where plenty of room is available in parks and in private yards along streets, they could be considered. Plant twenty (20) feet or more from streets or sidewalks.

American Holly: Dark green, glossy, spiny foliage; red fruits are produced in the fall. (Some male trees are needed for good fruiting).

Austrian Pine: Dark green evergreen; long, sharp needles.

Bald Cypress: Evergreen-like deciduous tree, short needles. (May be grown with or without lower limbs).

Norway Spruce: Dark green evergreen, short needles, dropping branchlets.

Pin Oak: Deciduous, reddish fall color.

Red Cedar: Familiar short-needled evergreen; many varieties are available.

White Pine: Evergreen; long, soft needles.

The following trees are usually not sold by nurseries but are desirable and should receive adequate attention if any are growing along streets or in parks:

	Basswood (linden)	Hawthorns
	Blackgum	Hickories
	Blue ash	Oaks
	Buckeye	Red Mulberry (away from streets)
	Coffeetree	Sassafras
	Cottonwood (male-no "cotton")	Walnut