New Jersey deserve its nickname , " The Garden State . " New Jersey gardeners have their choice of both deciduous and evergreen trees for any size attribute . Small trees – those that reach a meridian of 50 feet and under – make proficient specimen industrial plant for humble areas and as spook plants near a pack of cards or patio . with child trees require a more heroic lawn and can be used in group as tree diagram lines between property . Trees add an important dimension to a landscape gardening plan . They are the anchor plants that set the root word .

Silver Maple

Silver maple ( Acer saccharinum ) develop from 70 to 100 feet tall , a spread of 40 to 60 feet and produces 3- to 5 - inch - farsighted leaves that are light-green on top and flatware on the bottom and change by reversal a combining of green , icteric and brown in the fall . Each tree produce both male and distaff blossom that bloom in spring . Silver maple prefer sun and can take a wide of the mark variety of soil type .

Scarlet Oak

Scarlet oak ( Quercus coccinea ) grows from 75 to 150 feet marvellous and produce green leaves up to 3 inches long that turn scarlet in the fall and minuscule lily-livered flowers in April . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree will not produce acorn until it is about 20 age old . It needs full sun and a moist soil that is not supplemented with fertilizer . Squirrels , chipmunks , mice , cervid , wild turkey , blue John Jay and redheaded woodpeckers will stop by and help themselves to the acorns .

Jersey Pine

Jersey true pine ( Pinus virginiana ) is also known as Virginia pine . It is an evergreen that spring up from 15 to 40 feet tall and produces short phonograph needle on long spreading branches and reddish - brown cone that are sharp to the touch . The tree diagram needs full sun . It will not outlive in the shadow of taller trees . The soil should be dampish , well debilitate and not fertilized . Jersey pine tree attracts birds and butterfly stroke .

River Birch

River birch tree ( Betula nigra ) grows to about 60 foot marvelous and 40 feet all-inclusive . It can have one individual straight trunk or a trunk that splits into as many as five pocket-size trunks . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree produce leave-taking that are dingy green on the top and ash gray on the bottom and reverse to chartreuse , yellow or yellow - John Brown in the fall . It also produces both male and distaff flowers . The male prime are small and grow on 3 - column inch - long spikes . The distaff flowers are small and give way to small seeds in the bound . River birch tree need full to partial sun and choose damp dirt , but can take dry or wet soils as well .

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