Tree Planting Program

Neighbors work together to maintain our tree canopy.

Plant a new tree in your parkway or yard to help ensure the long-term health of our neighborhood tree canopy. ONEN will help make it happen!

It is time to sign up for a tree from ONEN’s Parkway Tree program. These trees are for ONEN residents who would like a free tree to plant either on their parkway, the space between the street and the sidewalk, or in their yards. If you would like to plant a tree in your yard, please indicate so in the sign-up, as the parkway tree plantings will be filled first. ONEN is funding these trees, but the total number is limited. Tree requests will be taken – first-come, first-served – based on the date and time you complete the form. Don’t wait and risk missing out – sign up for your tree today!

Note: If you are planting your tree under a power line, select either the Maple Hot-Wings Tatarian or Thornless Hawthorn trees.

We’ll deliver your tree. ONEN has partnered with Scouts Troop 2 to deliver the trees. In exchange for a $90.00 donation to Troop 2, the Scouts will deliver the trees when they arrive on April 18, 2026. You or a responsible adult must be present to receive your tree. This service is limited to the first 20 requests. Your donation to the Scouts will support Troop 2 outdoor adventure activities.

If you have questions, please email info@oldnorthend.org.

To request a tree, sign up using the form at the bottom of this page.

Making A Difference

Video created by a local Eagle Scout candidate with the City of Colorado Springs Forester.

Available Trees

American Sentry Linden

Tilia Americana ‘Mcksentry’
3 Available

This cultivar of the American Linden has a very uniform branching habit and upright, pyramidal form. Clusters of small, fragrant white flowers bloom in late spring to early summer, and are attractive to bees. Deep green leaves turn an attractive golden-yellow in the fall, and the bark is silvery-gray when young. American Sentry has great resistance to Japanese beetles compared to other linden species. This is a good choice where space is limited, but shade is needed.

Water use: Moderate
Shape: Upright, oval
Fall Color: Golden yellow
Fruit: Small, round nutlet
Flower color: white
Bloom time: summer
Mature height: 40 to 60 ft.
Mature spread: 25 to 30 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: Eastern North America from Manitoba to North Carolina
Light requirements: Full sun to partial shade
Cold hardiness: USDA zone 3-7
Elevation limit: hardy to 6,000 ft.

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry

Amelanchier x ‘Autumn Brilliance’
6 Available

Bursting with white flowers in the spring time, this small tree will fit into any sized landscape. The oval shaped leaves emerge coppery-red, becoming rich green throughout the growing season. Produces sweet purplish-black fruit which is promptly taken by the birds.The fall color is dramatic and outstanding! The bark is smooth and light gray.

Water use: moderate
Shape: Oval
Fall Color: Dramatic copper red
Fruit: sweet purplish-black fruit
Flower color: white
Bloom time: spring
Mature height: 15 to 25 ft.
Mature spread: 15 to 20 ft.
Colorado native: Yes
Native habitat: Eastern US
Light requirements: full sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 3-5
Elevation limit: hardy to 8,500 ft.

Bigtooth Maple

Acer grandidentatum
2 Available

Bigtooth Maple is a slow growing tree that is a perfect choice for smaller yards. This tree is native to the Western U.S. and It is well adapted to alkaline soils and acclimates nicely to drier conditions. A very popular choice for sites that have difficult growing conditions. It develops a broad, spreading canopy and often grows into a multi-stemmed small tree. The 2-5 inch diameter, lustrous, dark green lobed leaves are noted for their striking brilliance in fall, when they change into beautiful shades of red, orange and yellow before dropping.

Water use: moderate
Shape: Round, spreading
Fall Color: Dramatic red, orange and yellow
Fruit: N/A
Flower color: N/A
Bloom time: spring
Mature height: 20 to 30 ft.
Mature spread: 20 to 30 ft.
Colorado native: Yes
Native habitat: Western U.S.
Light requirements: Partial Sun, Full Sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 4-7
Elevation limit: hardy to 7,000 ft.

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa
2 Available

Bur oak is a very large, stately, drought-tolerant shade tree. It is a slow-growing member of the white oak family with a broadly rounded crown at maturity. It has medium green, deeply lobed leaves that turn yellow, gold, and brown in the fall. The bark of the main trunk and branches is corky and deeply furrowed, while the twigs are almost winged with deep ridges of bark. Large (up to 1 1/2 inches) fringed acorns are produced in fall. Bur oak is more tolerant of alkaline soils than many oaks and drought-tolerant once established. It may retain some brown leaves during winter when young. It is an excellent choice for a large, long-lived, drought-tolerant shade tree.

Water use: low
Shape: narrow pyramidal
Fall color: yellow-brown
Fruit: 1/2″ acorn
Flower color: insignificant
Bloom time: inconspicuous
Mature height: 50 to 60 ft.
Mature spread: 35 to 45 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: eastern North America
Light requirements: sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 2-8
Elevation limit: hardy to 6,500 ft.

Chinkapin Oak

Quercus muehlenburgii
3 Available

This large growing shade tree is highly recommended for Colorado’s Front Range urban area. It is water-thrifty and tolerates a wide range of soil conditions as well as difficult extreme weather conditions. One of the more alkaline-tolerant oaks, this handsome tree has large, sharp-toothed leaves that are a dark yellow-green above with a white cast to the underside. Acorns are usually not produced until trees are very mature.

Water use: low
Shape: round
Fall color: yellow-brown
Fruit: 1″ acorn
Flower color: insignificant
Bloom time: inconspicuous
Mature height: 40 to 50 ft.
Mature spread: 60 to 80 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: eastern and central North America
Light requirements: sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 4-6
Elevation limit: hardy to 7,000 ft.

English Oak

Quercus robur
3 Available

English oak is a large shade tree grown for its impressive fall color. It has a rounded growth habit throughout life—often broader than tall. In the autumn, summer’s lustrous dark green leaves turn brilliant shades of bronze, red, and maroon. The bark is shallowly grooved and rather plated in appearance. Compared to other slow-growing oaks, red oak grows at a moderate rate. It is moderately drought tolerant and has a shallow root system, making it suitable for planting next to a regularly watered lawn area.

Water use: moderate
Shape: tightly columnar
Fall color: yellow-brown
Fruit: 3/4″-1” Acorn
Flower color: green-yellow
Bloom time: inconspicuous
Mature height: 40 to 60 ft.
Mature spread: 40 to 60 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: eastern North America
Light requirements: sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 3-8
Elevation limit: hardy to 6,000 ft.

Glens Form Pear

Pyrus calleryana ‘Cleveland Select’/’GlensForm’
4 Available

The flowering pear has many attributes and, once established, is heat and drought-tolerant. It is a valuable landscape tree and does well in urban environments. The white flowers in the spring have a pungent aroma. Small fruit follows that may be taken by birds but has the potential to fall as well, creating a litter problem. The flowering pears can grow up to 40 feet tall and have brilliant fall colors.

Water use: Moderate
Shape: rounded
Fall color: red
Fruit: round
Flower color: white
Bloom time: April
Mature height: 20 to 40 ft.
Mature spread: 8 to 12 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: China and Vietnam
Light requirements: sun, part shade
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 5-7
Elevation limit: 6,500 ft.

Golden Raintree

Koelreuteria paniculata
2 Available

Koelreuteria paniculata, commonly called golden raintree, is a small, open-branching, irregularly-shaped, deciduous tree with a rounded crown which typically grows 30-40′ tall and as wide. Features pinnate or bipinnate, feathery, compound leaves (to 18″ long), each leaf having 7-17 irregularly lobed leaflets. Leaves emerge pinkish bronze to purplish in spring, mature to a bright green in summer and turn yellow (quality variable) in fall. Bright yellow flowers (1/2″ wide) appear in early summer in long, terminal, panicles (12-15″). Falling blossoms may or may not resemble “golden rain”, but the fallen blossoms often form an attractive golden carpet under the tree. Flowers give way to interesting, brown, papery seed capsules which somewhat resemble Chinese lanterns.

Water use: low
Shape: Spreading, rounded
Fall Color: Yellow
Fruit: three-parted dry tan capsules
Flower color: yellow
Bloom time: summer
Mature height: 30 to 40 ft.
Mature spread: 30 to 40 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: China, Japan, Korea, and Manchuria
Light requirements: Full sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 5-9
Elevation limit: hardy to 6,000 ft.

Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis
2 Available

The common hackberry is a medium-sized shade tree. It is commonly planted in urban landscapes because of its drought tolerance and resilience to erratic weather. It doesn’t have noticeable flowers or outstanding fall color, but it does have a pleasing vase-shaped crown when mature. Young trees have an irregular habit and take a while to develop into attractive trees. The fall leaf color is yellow. The light brown to grey bark is corky and ridged. This tree almost always has lumps on its leaves due to hackberry nipple galls, but this causes no damage to the tree. Common hackberry is a tough, xeric shade tree that works well in the Pikes Peak area.

Water use: very low
Shape: rounded
Fall color: yellow
Fruit: purple-black small drupes
Flower color: inconspicuous
Bloom time: May
Mature height: 40 to 50 ft.
Mature spread: 40 to 50 ft.
Colorado native: Yes
Native habitat: central and eastern North America
Light requirements: sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 3-9
Elevation limit: hardy to 7,000 ft.

Hot Wings Tatarian Maple

Acer tataricum ‘GarAnn’
6 Available

Hot Wings Tatarian Maple is a beautiful, small ornamental tree. Its small size is well suited to home landscapes. The slender branches form an upright oval canopy. Although the flowers are not noticeable, brilliant red seed capsules (samaras) cover the tree by midsummer. The samaras provide a spectacular show of color, persisting for about a month. During the fall, the leaf colors range from yellow to orange-red. It is tolerant of alkaline soils. This tree was recommended by the Plant Select program for Colorado landscapes in 2007.

Water use: low
Shape: Rounded
Fall color: Orange-red
Fruit: Bright red samara
Flower color: green-white
Bloom time: inconspicuous blooms in early spring
Mature height: 15 to 18 ft., may grow to 25 ft.
Mature spread: 15 to 18 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: southeastern Europe, southwestern Asia
Light requirements: sun, part shade
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 4-10
Elevation limit: hardy to 7,000 ft.

Kentucky Espresso Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioicus ‘Espresso-JFS’
2 Available

Kentucky Coffeetree is a large tree with large, compound leaves. The canopy is broad and round, and the mature tree makes it a decent shade tree. Male trees have smaller 4-inch flowers, while female trees have larger, showier, and more fragrant clusters of flowers – up to 12 inches long. The flowers transform into a brown bean-shaped pod that will persist into winter after all the leaves have fallen. In fall, the leaves turn bright yellow. The bark is brown and heavily textured with ridges and furrows. Kentucky Coffeetree is a fabulous low-water, large shade tree for the Colorado Springs area.

Water use: low
Shape: oval to vase-shaped
Fall color: yellow
Fruit: seedless
Flower color: yellow-green
Bloom time: early summer
Mature height: 40 to 50 ft.
Mature spread: 40 to 50 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: central and eastern North America
Light requirements: sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 3-8
Elevation limit: hardy to 7,500 ft.

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa
2 Available

Northern catalpa is a large shade tree with an open, irregular crown. It is grown for its clusters of white, fragrant flowers and enormous heart-shaped leaves. In June, the long, showy panicles of bell-shaped flowers appear – white, speckled with yellow and purple. The flowers develop into thin seedpods. Its bark is reddish-brown or grey, and its leaves turn yellow in fall. Northern catalpa works best at lower elevations in the Colorado Springs area. It provides dense shade and has particularly fragrant flowers. The leaves, however, may suffer from hailstorms and wind damage on exposed sites.

Water use: low
Shape: oval rounded
Fall color: yellow
Fruit: long pods
Flower color: white
Bloom time: June
Mature height: up to 50 ft.
Mature spread: 35 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: southern Illinois to Arkansas
Light requirements: sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 4-8
Elevation limit: hardy to 6,500 ft.

Shumard Oak

Quercus schumardii
2 Available

Shumard Oak is a stately, strong, large and long lived tree valued for its use as a shade tree with beautiful, red fall color. Good for commercial use, and its acorns as a food source for various birds and mammals. It is tolerant of wide ranges of pH levels in soil. It is drought-resistant and prefers partial to full sunlight. This adaptable species has been successfully grown in urban areas where air pollution, poor drainage, compacted soil, and drought are common, making it a fine choice for street trees.

Water use: moderate
Shape: rounded
Fall color: crimson-red
Fruit: 3/4″ to 1″ acorns
Flower color: inconspicuous
Bloom time: April
Mature height: 40 to 60 ft.
Mature spread: 30 to 40 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: Atlantic Coastal Plain
Light requirements: sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 5-9
Elevation limit: 7,000 ft.

State Street Miyabei Maple

Acer miyabei ‘Morton’
2 Available

Tatarian Maple is a small, drought-tolerant tree adapted to Colorado’s growing conditions. In spring, soft whitish-green flower clusters appear. The flowers are not very showy but develop into attractive rosy-red samaras that stay on the tree for about a month. The shallowly lobed leaves are medium to dark green and smaller than traditional maples. The mature crown is irregular and oval to rounded in shape. The fall leaf color is yellow, gold, and orange.

Water use: low
Shape: Upright, Spreading, Oval
Fall Color: Bright yellow
Fruit: Samara
Flower color: green-white
Bloom time: spring
Mature height: 15 to 20 ft.
Mature spread: 15 to 20 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: southeast Europe and southwestern Asia
Light requirements: sun, part shade
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 3-7
Elevation limit: hardy to 8,500 ft.

Sugar ‘Green Mountain’ Maple

Acer saccharum
2 Available

Acer saccharum commonly known as sugar maple is a deciduous, Missouri native tree which will typically grow 40′ to 80′ tall (sometimes to 100′) with a dense, rounded crown. This tree is a main component of the Eastern U.S. hardwood forest and is one of the trees which is most responsible for giving New England its reputation for spectacular fall color. Medium green leaves (3-6″ wide with 3-5 lobes) turn yellow-orange in autumn, sometimes with considerable color variations. Fruit is the familiar two-winged samara. Sugar maples are long-lived trees which grow relatively slowly (somewhat faster in the first 35 years). Native Americans taught the early colonists how to tap these trees to make maple syrup which has now become a multi-billion dollar industry in the U.S. and Canada. Excellent shade tree. The sugar maple leaf is the national symbol of Canada.

Water use: Moderate
Shape: oval
Fall color: yellow-orange
Fruit: two-winged samara
Flower color: Yellowish green
Bloom time: Spring
Mature height: 40 to 60 ft.
Mature spread: 25 to 45 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: Eastern North America
Light requirements: Full sun to part shade
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 4-8
Elevation limit: 6,500 ft.

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor
2 Available

Stiff branches create a broad, pyramidal, rounded crown, and dark green leaves become golden with orange and red in the fall. The bark sheds in ragged, papery flakes, aging to a thicker, dark gray-brown. Swamp white oak provides great winter interest. It will tolerate both wet and dry conditions. However, it is not recommended in areas with extremely high pH levels. This tree has performed very well in the Boulder, Colorado area.

Water use: Moderate
Shape: oval
Fall color: yellow-brown
Fruit: 1″ acorn
Flower color: insignificant
Bloom time: Spring
Mature height: 30 to 50 ft.
Mature spread: 10 to 20 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: Eastern and Central Midwest of the United States
Light requirements: sun, part shade
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 4-7
Elevation limit: 7,000 ft.

Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis
2 Available

An excellent choice for a small, deciduous tree, thornless cockspur hawthorn is a drought tolerant option with three-season interest. Its branches grow horizontally into a broad shape. Clusters of white flowers appear in spring, followed by dark red berries. Throughout the growing season, it has rounded, glossy green leaves. In fall, the leaves turn bright yellow to orange. This tree is easy to find for sale at nurseries.

Water use: Moderate
Shape: Horizontal, broad
Fall color: bright yellow to orange
Fruit: dark red berries
Flower color: white
Bloom time: Spring
Mature height: 15 to 25 ft.
Mature spread: 15 to 20 ft.
Colorado native: No
Native habitat: Eastern and Midwestern United States
Light requirements: Sun
Cold hardiness: USDA zones 4-8
Elevation limit: 8,000 ft.