The following lists indicate plantings which will meet the screening and shading requirements of §208-2200 of this chapter. The lists are by no means comprehensive and are intended merely to suggest the types of flora which would be appropriate for screening and shading purposes. Plants were selected for inclusion on these lists according to four (4) principal criteria: general suitability for the climate and soil conditions of this area; ease of maintenance; tolerance of urban conditions; and availability from area nurseries. When selecting new plantings for a particular site, a developer should first consider the types of plants which are thriving on or near that site as well as availability of plant species for local purchase. However, if an introduced species has proven highly effective for screening or shading in this area, it too may be a proper selection.
Sections B-11 through B-16 contain descriptions of some of the trees and shrubs listed here.
(a) Small trees for partial screening:
(1) River birch.
(2) American hornbeam.
(3) Eastern redbud.
(4) Flowering dogwood.
(5) Washington hawthorn.
(6) Russian-olive.
(7) Mountain silverbell.
(8) American holly.
(9) Goldenrain tree.
(10) Crape myrtle.
(11) Sourwood.
(12) Caroline cherry laurel.
(13) Callery pear.
(14) Flowering cherry.
(15) Crabapple.
(16) Bradford pear.
(17) Japanese black pine.
(b) Large trees for evergreen screening:
(1) Deodar cedar.
(2) Southern magnolia.
(3) Carolina hemlock.
(4) Austrian pine.
(5) Nellie Steers holly.
(c) Large trees for shading:
(1) Norway maple.
(2) Red maple.
(3) Ginkgo.
(4) Honey locust (thornless).
(5) Sweetgum.
(6) London plane-tree.
(7) Sycamore.
(8) Eastern red oak.
(9) Willow oak.
(10) Scarlet oak.
(11) Laurel oak.
(12) Littleleaf linden.
(13) Green ash.
(14) Zelkova.
(d) Small shrubs for evergreen screening:
(1) Glossy abelia.
(2) Warty barberry.
(3) Wintergreen barberry.
(4) Dwarf homed holly.
(5) Little holly.
(6) Convexa Japanese holly.
(7) India hawthorn.
(8) Azaleas/rhododendrons.
(9) Japanese yew.
(e) Large shrubs for evergreen screening:
(1) Thorny elaeangus.
(2) Burford holly.
(3) Yaupon holly.
(4) Laurel or sweet bay.
(5) Japanese privet.
(6) Fortune tea olive.
(7) Red photinia.
(8) Leatherleaf viburnum.
(f) Assorted shrubs for broken screens:
(1) Japanese barberry.
(2) Fringe-tree.
(3) Border forsythia.
(4) Vernal witch-hazel.
(5) Common witch-hazel.
(6) Pfitzer juniper.
(7) Drooping leucothoe.
(8) Winter honeysuckle.
(9) Star magnolia.
(10) Northern bayberry.
(11) Judd viburnum.
(12) Doublefile viburnum.
