Planting Guidelines
Planting Guidelines
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Before planting your new tree, please take the time to complete to very important items.
• Bluestakes - This will help avoid cutting or damaging any underground utility lines.
You can reach blue stakes at 1-800-662-4111.
• Permit – Planting a tree on the parkstrip or public property requires a tree permit. Please call 629-8284 for more information.
• 2006 TREE MATRIX
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Ogden City Arboricultural Regulations and Ordinances (PDF) After viewing a PDF document, please remember to use the back key to return to Urban Forestry. Thank you.
TREE AND SHRUB SPECIFICATIONS
Unless otherwise specified or approved by the Urban Forester, all tree species, cultivars and varieties will conform to American Association of Nurserymen Standards in size and quality.
A. Size - Tree diameter (caliper) shall be measured as it stands in a natural position, six (6) inches above the appropriate soil line for that species. Stock used on city property shall meet the minimum and maximum sizes specified. Larger sizes may be required to ensure survival, provide a designed landscape effect or produce a desired aesthetic quality in accordance with certain city ordinances, regulations, or planning pertaining to property development and/or zoning. However, large trees and plants that have been cut back in order to achieve specified sizes will not be accepted.
The following are the approved minimum sizes of tree stock to be planted on city property.
Shade Tree (Residential) 1 ½" 2 ½"
Shade Tree (Commercial) 2" 2 ½"
Ornamental Trees 15-20 gallon containers
Evergreen Trees (Commercial) 5' 6' in height
Shrubs 5-gallon container
B. Quality
1. All trees and shrubs shall be of standard quality as set forth by the American Association of Nurserymen Standards and shall be true to their names, types and typical of their species, cultivars or varieties. All publications are available at the Ogden City Public Ways and Parks office located at 1875 Monroe Boulevard upon request.
2. All trees and shrubs shall have normal, well-developed branches that exhibit vigorous shoot and bud development. They shall be sound, healthy, vigorous plants free from defects, disfigurements, knots, cankers, mechanical or biological abrasions of the bark, sunscald, disease, insects, and all other forms of infections or objectionable disfigurements. Roots shall be established but not root bound, they shall be normal, healthy, vigorous systems free from extensive damage, drying or abnormalities. All plants will be nursery-grown stock unless otherwise specified or approved by the Urban Forester and shall have been lifted the fall or winter prior to the planting season.
3. All balled and burlapped plants shall have a solid ball of earth of adequate specified size held in place securely. Ball will be confined securely with wrapped burlap and tightly bound with twine or rope. The burlap ball shall be encompassed by a firm wire basket designed for the size and shape of the ball. Broken, loose, damaged or manufactured balls will be rejected.
4. Containerized plants should not be root-bound in their containers. Roots that circle the container can become strangulated roots and hinder future growth of the plant. Extensive roots that have grown out through the drain ports of the container may be dried or damaged and become a source for infection and additional stress for the plant. Any or all abnormalities listed above shall be reason for rejection.
5. Bare root plants shall have abundant root growth, fibrous and numerous small roots with good color and moisture. Kinked, circling roots or mechanical/biological abrasions of the roots shall be reason for rejection.
V. PROHIBITED AND PERMITTED TREE SPECIES
A. Non Acceptable Planting Stock Species - The following species are considered to be inappropriate and unsuitable for planting on parking strips and street tree sites.
• All varieties of standard fruit bearing trees (including Apple, Pear, Plum, Peach and Cherry). This does not include ornamental tree varieties.
• All varieties of conifers (including Spruce, Fir, Pine, Juniper, Arborvitae and Yew)
• All species of Poplars (including Fremont, Lombardy, Bolleanna, Silver Leaf, Aspen, Carolina Balm of Gilead and any other variety of Cottonwood)
• All varieties of Willows (Salix species)
• Russian Olive - Eleagnus angustifolia
• Black Locust - Robina nigra
• Box Elder Acer negundo
• Umbrella Catalpa - Catalpa speciosa
• Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum
• Siberian Elm - Ulmus pumila
• Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima
• Moraine Ash - Fraxinus 'Moraine'
B. Acceptable, But Not Recommended Planting Stock Species - The following species are acceptable, but due to insect and disease problems or litter mess associated with the tree they are not recommended for use as park/street trees. In addition, some of the trees listed already compose over 10% of the Ogden City urban forest species composition and provide an unnecessary risk to the urban forest. Trees that represent over 10% will remain in this category until their populations are more evenly balanced with other species in the urban forest. Cultivars and species of these trees are annotated in the approved Street Tree list with a (*) to signify they belong in this category.
• All species and varieties of Elms (including America, Chinese, Pioneer and Liberty)
• All varieties of nut bearing trees (including Walnut, Pecan, Hickory and Almond)
• Most varieties of Ash (Fraxinus species); does not include bore resistant varieties
• All varieties of Locust (Robinia and Gleditsia species)
• All varieties of Maples (Acer species)
• All varieties of Lindens (Tilia species)
• Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis
• Horse Chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum
• Ohio Buckeye - Aesculus glabra
• Western Catalpa - Catalpa speciosa
C. Approved Street Tree Species - Only desirable, long lived tree species of good appearance, beauty, adaptability, and generally free from injury, insect, or disease shall be acceptable for tree plantings. Undesirable trees shall not be recommended for general planting and their use, if any, shall be restricted to special locations where, because of certain characteristics of adaptability or landscape effect, they can be used to an advantage. The asterisk (*) indicates trees that are approved but not recommended for Street Tree planting. Below are the approved lists of tree species, cultivars, and/or varieties acceptable for plantings:
1. Parking/Planting Strip Width 3 Feet or Less (Acceptable Species). All shrubs and trees in these areas are approved on a case-by-case basis as recommended by the Urban Forester depending upon individual site characteristics and circumstances.
2. Parking/Planting Strip Width 3 Feet 5 Feet (Acceptable Species). As recommended by the Urban Forester, parking strips of this size will be classified by the appropriate rating of Small Tree Species. These tree species will be the species class used in all small parking strips and also where medium and large parking strips have overhead utilities that inhibit the use of larger tree species. Acceptable Trees in the Small Tree Category are listed below:
• *Amur Maple - Acer ginnala
• Aristocrat Pear - Pyrus calleryana ‘Aristocrat’
• Autumn Blaze Pear - Pyrus calleryana ‘Autumn Blaze’
• Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry - Amelanchier x grandiflora
• *Big Tooth Maple - Acer grandidentatum
• Crabapples:
*American Beauty Crabapple - Malus ‘American Beauty’
*Bechtel Crabapple - Malus 'ioensis'
Brandy Wine Crabapple - Malus ‘Brandy Wine’
*Candied Apple Crabapple - Malus ‘Candied Apple’
*Centurion Crabapple - Malus ‘Centurion’
• *Dolgo Crabapple - Malus x 'Dolgo'
*Dorothea Crabapple - Malus x 'Dorothea'
Eley Crabapple - Malus purpurea 'Eley'
*Hopa Crabapple - Malus x 'Hopa'
Japanese Flowering Crabapple - Malus floribunda
*Klehm's Improved Bechtel Crab - Malus ioensus 'Klehm's Improved Bechtel'
*Radiant Crabapple - Malus x Radiant
*Redbud Crabapple - Malus x Zumi 'Calocarpa'
Sargent Crabapple - Malus ‘Sargent Crabapple’
Snow Cloud Crabapple - Malus ‘Snow Cloud’
*Snowdrift Crabapple - Malus x 'Snowdrift'
Spring Snow Crabapple - Malus 'Spring Snow'
*White Cascade Crabapple - Malus ‘White Cascade’
• *Capital Pear - Pyrus calleryana ‘Capital’
• *Chanticleer Pear - Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer'
• Chinese Dogwood - Cornus kousa ‘Chineusis
• Chokecherry - Prunus virginiana
• Columnar Sargent Cherry - Prunus sargentii 'Columnaris'
• *Crape Myrtle - Lagerstroemia indica
• Cumulus Serviceberry - Amelanchier laevis ‘Cumulus’, tree form
• Eastern Redbud - Cercis canadensis
• *English Hawthorn - Crataegus laevigata
• Gambel Oak - Quercus gambellii
• *Globe Norway Maple - Acer platanoides ‘Globosum’
• Golden Rain Tree - Koelreuteria paniculata
• Glossy Privet - Ligustrum lucidum
• *Imperial Honeylocust - Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Imperial’
• Krauter Vesuvius Plum - Prunus cerasifera 'Krauter Vecurvius'
• Kwanzan Japanese Flowering Cherry - Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'
• Lavalle Hawthorn - Crataegus x lavallei
• *Loquat - Eriobotrya japonica
• Majestic Serviceberry - Amelanchier laevis ‘Majestic’, tree form
• May Day Tree - Prunus padus var commutata
• Mt. Saint Helens Flowering Plum - Prunus cerasifera ‘Mt. Saint Hellens’
• Mt. Fuji Flowering Cherry - Prunus serrulata ‘Shirotae’
• New Mexico Locust - Robinia neomexicana
• Newport Flowering Plum - Prunus cerasifera
• Pagoda Dogwood - Cornus alternifolia
• *Paper Bark Maple - Acer griseum
• Princess Diana Serviceberry - Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Princess Diana’, tree form
• Red Leaf Chokecherry - Prunus virginiana ‘Shubert’
• Redspire Pear - Pyrus calleryana ‘Redspire’
• Robin Hill Serviceberry - Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Robin Hill’, tree form
• *Rocky Mountain Maple - Acer glabrum
• Silk Tree - Albizia julibrissin
• Sargent Cherry - Prunus sargentii
• Star Magnolia - Magnolia stellata, tree form
• *Thundercloud Flowering Plum - Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud'
• Toba Hawthorn - Crataegus x mordenensis
• Tradition Serviceberry - Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Trazam’, tree form
• *Trident Maple - Acer buergeranum, tree form
• Washington Hawthorn - Crataegus phaenopyrum
• *Western Water Birch - Betula occidentalis
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