--- title: Top Trees for Spring Planting description: Spring is here, and this is the best time to start planting beautiful trees. Warmer weather and longer days are waking up our trees of spring. Trees can create a better living environment, from urban landscapes to coastal and inland valley properties. image: https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/hubfs/elm.jpg --- # Top Trees for Spring Planting By [Felipe Benavides](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/california/author/felipe-benavides) on April, 4 2018 [Landscape Tips](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/california/tag/landscape-tips) ### Topics - Select a Topic ### Stay up to date [SUBSCRIBE TO OUR BLOG](https://go.moonvalleynurseries.com/marketing-communication-sign-up) ### Stay up to date ##### Search The Blog [Back to main Blog](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/california) ###### Felipe Benavides Felipe has been working in the Nursery and Garden center for many years and bring extensive knowledge to trees, plants, and landscape design. ![Southern_California_Moon_Valley_Nursery_professional_planting](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Southern_California_Moon_Valley_Nursery_professional_planting.jpg?width=1024&height=683&name=Southern_California_Moon_Valley_Nursery_professional_planting.jpg)Spring is here, and this is the best time to start planting beautiful trees. Warmer weather and longer days are waking up our trees of spring. Trees can create a better living environment, from urban landscapes to coastal and inland valley properties. Trees will always be a welcome addition to the SoCal landscape. In fact, before we know it, the temperatures will start to rise, and we are going to want to find a beautiful place to chill - and what better place than under a shade tree!   # **Trees of Spring Provide Shade, Privacy, and Beauty!**   Flowering trees, shade trees, privacy trees – all these types of trees can provide a burst of color, and they can help increase property value, too! From trees for small spaces to drought-tolerant varieties, you can find the perfect tree at any of our SoCal Moon Valley Nurseries locations. **![elm](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/hubfs/elm.jpg) Chinese Elm ‘True Green’ (Ulmus parvifolia).** We have the ‘True Green’ strain, which features an upright, rounded growth habit that helps to make it an excellent tree for a wide range of properties. Specimen size trees will grow a wide, natural umbrella-shaped canopy that can provide plenty of shade. If you are looking for a tree to attach a tire swing or climb and explore, a larger Chinese Elm is the right choice! Its camouflage-like mottled bark is an added attraction that helps to make this a favorite tree for any landscape.     **![raywood_ash_](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/hubfs/raywood_ash_.jpg) Raywood Ash (Fraxinus oxycarpa ‘Raywood’).** These ash trees are an excellent choice for any Southern California yard - they are seedless and tolerant of smog! Specimen size trees can grow a bold, round-headed form that can provide the right amount of shade, too. It is a deciduous, so it can put on a show when the attractive dark green foliage transforms to an eye-catching burgundy color in the fall. In addition to being excellent deciduous shade trees, we also like to use them as a screen to block unwanted views.       **![arizona_ash](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/hubfs/arizona_ash.jpeg)**   **Arizona Ash (Fraxinus velutina).** These trees are native to the Southwestern United States, and they are smog tolerant, so they are ideal for yards in SoCal! These are deciduous shade trees with gray-green leaves that turn to a bright yellow color in the fall. They are also cold hardy and heat resistant. Since they are a seedless variety, we like to use them as a street tree that can add much-needed curb appeal.     **![majestic_ash](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/hubfs/majestic_ash.jpg) Majestic Ash (Fraxinus uhdei ‘Majestic’).** This seedless variety features large, glossy green leaves and stays greener than other ash trees. They are low-maintenance, virtually pest-free trees and are ideal for yard and street plantings. A specimen size tree can provide plenty of shade to cool off hotter parts of a home or create a cool resting spot during sunny, hot days.         **![Modesto-Ash-in-Landscape_](https://blog.moonvalleynurseries.com/hubfs/Modesto-Ash-in-Landscape_.jpg) Modesto Ash (Fraxinus velutina ‘Modesto’).** These are excellent shade trees with a high canopy and smog tolerance so that they are ideal for Southern California neighborhoods. It is a deciduous shade tree with glossy green foliage that turns to a bright golden yellow color in the fall before dropping its leaves in winter. Bonus points for heat and cold tolerance. 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