Trident Maple with 60% of the votes

Trident Maple Acer buergerianum

This is a small deciduous tree that has lovely autumn colour and provides shade in summer while letting the winter light in. The leaves have 3 points on them which gives the tree its name.

Features:

• A neatly shaped tree
• Reliable autumn colour

Chinese Elms with 67% of vote

Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia

A popular medium sized tree with small leaves and a neat, upright shape. These are semi-deciduous which means that most of the leaves fall off in winter.

Features:

• Attractive mottled bark
• Shade in summer.

Pin Oak with 64% of vote

Pin Oak Quercus palustris

These large deciduous trees have potential to create a closed canopy over the road providing heavy shade in summer and sunlight in winter.

Features:

• Attractive autumn colour
• Smooth grey trunks will not shed bark

Chinese Elms with 75% of vote

Chinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia

A popular medium sized tree with small leaves and a neat, upright shape. These are semi-deciduous which means that most of the leaves fall off in winter.

Features:

• Attractive mottled bark
• Shade in summer.

Brush box with 100% of vote

Brush Box Lophostemon confertus

A native tree with a very neat shape. Brush Box provide good shade all year around and help to slow the wind. They are drought tolerant and relatively quick to establish.

Features:

• Attractive bark with a pinkish tone
• White flowers in late spring to early summer

Eastern Redbud with 57% of vote

Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis ‘Aurelian’

This is a small deciduous tree with horizontal branches. The Aurelian cultivar has attractive yellow heart shaped leaves.

Features:

• Small pink flowers in early spring
• Interesting foliage colour

Chinese Elm with Coastal Banksia alongside frontages with 60% of vote

Coastal Banksia

Banksia integrifolia

A native evergreen tree with an upright form. Leaves feel leathery to touch and the flowers are very rich in nectar and so attract lots of birds and beetles. This tree does not drop many leaves but does drop large seed pods.

Features:

• Flowers for most of the year
• Looks good all year around

Kurrajong with 67% of the vote

Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus

A native tree known for its bulbous trunk and drought tolerance, Kurragong trees have cream and pink flowers followed by interesting seed pods.

Features:

• Glossy green leaves
• Flowers in spring

Cimmaron Ash with 100% of vote

Cimmaron Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Cimmzan’

A medium sized tree that has un upright form when young and becomes broader with age. It is deciduous so will allow for winter sunlight and provide shade in summer.

Features:

• Lush green leaves in summer and orange autumn colour
• Aside from the autumn leaf drop, very little mess.

Sensation Box Elder with 100% of vote

Sensation Box Elder Acer negundo ‘Sensation’

A medium sized tree that is drought tolerant and has a neat shape. The ‘Sensation’ cultivar will not produce seeds and has orange autumn colour.

Features:

• Shade in summer and sun in winter
• Seasonal interest

Evergreen Ash with 100% of vote

Evergreen Ash Fraxinus griffithii

A small to medium sized tree with bright green leaves and white flowers in spring. Relatively quick growing.

Features:

• Masses of tiny white flowers in spring
• Neat form

Willow Myrtle with 75% of votes

Willow Myrtle Agonis flexuosa

A native evergreen tree with a broad canopy and masses of tiny white flowers in late spring. Willow Myrtle attracts native birds and insects and is very drought tolerant.

Features:

• Graceful weeping foliage smells nice when crushed
• Bark does not shed.

Compact Field Maple with 78% of vote

Compact Field Maple Acer campestre ‘Elsrijk’

A deciduous tree that will allow winter sun and provide shade in summer. It has an upright habit and is quite slow to grow. The bark is grey and does not shed.

Features:

• Yellow autumn colour
• Drought tolerant

Willow Myrtle with Flowering Crab Apple with 60% of votes

Willow Myrtle (Agonis flexuosa) with Flowering Crab Apple (Malus ioensis Plena)

Willow Myrtles are a long lived native tree that flowers in early summer.

Although slow growing, these trees eventually form a broad canopy providing lots of shade. The Crab Apples are deciduous allowing winter sun in. Masses of white and pink flowers appear in October.

Coastal Banksia with 83% of votes

Coastal Banksia Banksia integrifolia

A native evergreen tree with an upright form. Leaves feel leathery to touch and the flowers are very rich in nectar and so attract lots of birds and beetles. This tree does not drop many leaves but does drop large seed pods.

Features:

• Flowers for most of the year
• Looks good all year around

Japanese Elm with 76% of votes

Japanese Elm Zelkova serrata

A medium sized deciduous tree from eastern Asia that has become a popular street tree globally.

Features:

• Cool shade in summer
• Leaf drop all in autumn

Attractive bark

Evergreen Ash with 100% of votes

Evergreen Ash Fraxinus griffithii

Also known as Flowering Ash, this small tree has glossy green leaves and is relatively quick to grow. Flowers are held above the leaves and appear in early summer.

Features:

• Masses of tiny white flowers
• Semi-deciduous in cool climates

Cimmaron Ash with 75% of votes

Cimmaron Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Cimmzan’

A medium sized tree that has un upright form when young and becomes broader with age. It is deciduous so will allow for winter sunlight and provide shade in summer.

Features:

• Lush green leaves in summer and orange autumn colour
• Aside from the autumn leaf drop, very little mess.

Willow Myrtle with 83% of votes

Willow Myrtle Agonis flexuosa

A native evergreen tree with a broad canopy and masses of tiny white flowers in late spring. Willow Myrtle attracts native birds and insects and is very drought tolerant.

Features:

• Graceful weeping foliage smells nice when crushed
• Bark does not shed