Trees Native to Georgia

Name                 Growth Speed                 Size at full growth                  Light

1. Red bud            Medium                             25-30 ft                     Sun or Shade     

    Bloom early spring

2. Halesia Tetraptera   Medium                 20-30 ft.               Sun or Semi Shade 

    Silverbell

3.Ilex Opaca                 Medium                    20-30 ft.             Sun or Shade

    American Holly

Do not put this near the house or where you will have to prune

4. Cherry Laurel    Fast                  20-30 ft.              Sun or Shade

    Evergreen- Great for a screen

5. Acer Barbatum        Medium to fast      40-50 ft.    Sun or Shade

   Southern Sugar Maple

6. Acer Rubrum   ( Red Maple)   Medium             40-50 ft    Sun or Shade

    “October Glory”

7.Acer Sacccharum                Medium to Fast   60-80 ft    Sun or Shade

  Legacy Sugar Maple

8. Betula Nigra                        Fast                     40-70       Sun

    Dura Heat River Birch

9.American Beech       Medium to Fast          60-80 ft.   Sun or Semi Shade

10. Lirodendron Tulip Fera      Fast                      70-90 ft     Sun

     Tulip Tree ( Yellow Poplar)      

11.Pines                              Fast                           80-100 ft    Sun

12. Sycamore                   Fast                            80-100 ft   Sun/Shade

13. Quercus Nigra            Medium to Fast            50-70 ft     Sun

       Water oak

14. Quercus virginiana Fast 40-100 ft Sun

    Live Oak

15. Cabbage Palm Fast 40-50 ft Sun