Parks and Recreation
Skyview Arboretum
Skyview Park is the home to the state accredited Skyview Arboretum, a project first started in the fall of 1993. It has grown from a few trees to a collection of over 166 plantings representing over 127 different cultivars of trees and shrubs. The following is a partial list of the plantings with their common and (botanical) names. Memorial trees may be purchased for planting into the arboretum. Please click here for donation information. Contact the Parks & Recreation Director for more details.
Adams Crabapple ( Malus 'Adams' )
American Yellowwood ( Cladrastis kentukea )
Amur Chokecherry ( Prunus maackii )
Amur Corktree ( Phellodendron amurense )
Amur Maackii ( Maackii amurensis )
Amur Maple ( Acer ginnala )
Austrian Pine ( Pinus nigra )
Autumn Blaze Maple ( Acer x freemanii 'Autumn Blaze' )
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry ( Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance' )
Autumn Purple Ash ( Fraxinus americana 'Autumn Purple' )
Bald Cypress ( Taxodium distichum )
Big Cis Plum ( Prunus x cistina 'Big Cis' )
Black Hills Spruce ( Picea glauca var. densata )
Black Walnut ( Juglans nigra )
Blue Ash ( Fraxinus quadrangulata )
Bonfire Sugar Maple ( Acer saccharum 'Bonfire' )
Brandywine Crabapple ( Malus 'Brandywine' )
Bur Oak ( Quercus macrocarpa )
Burning Bush Tree ( Euonymus alatus )
Campestre Maple ( Acer platanoides 'Campestre' )
Canada Red Cherry ( Prunus virginiana 'Shubert' )
Celebration maple ( Acer x freemanii 'Celebration' )
Chanticleer Pear ( Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer' )
Colorado Blue Spruce ( Picea pungens 'Glauca' )
Columnar Douglas Fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Columnar' )
Commemoration Sugar maple ( Acer saccharum 'Commemoration' )
Common Hackberry ( Celtis occidentalis )
Common Honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos )
Concolor Fir ( Abies concolor )
Crimson Frost Birch ( Betula platyphylla var. szechuanica x Betula pendula 'Purpurea' )
David Crabapple ( Malus 'David' )
Deborah Maple ( Acer platanoides 'Deborah' )
Donald Wyman Crabapple ( Malus 'Donald Wyman' )
Double Flowering Plum ( Prunus triloba var. multiplex)
Douglas Fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii )
Downy Hawthorn ( Crataegus mollis )
Dwarf Korean Lilac ( Syringa meyeri 'Palibin' )
Eastern Redbud ( Cercis canadensis )
English Oak ( Quercus robur )
European Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus )
European Mountainash ( Sorbus aucuparia )
Fairview Sugar Maple ( Acer saccharum 'Fairview' )
Flame Amur Maple ( Acer ginnala 'Flame' )
Fruitless Weeping Mulberry ( Morus alba 'Chaparral' )
Ginkgo ( Ginkgo biloba )
Glenleven Linden ( Tilia cordata 'Glenleven' )
Globe Norway Maple ( Acer platanoides 'Globosum' )
Gray Dogwood ( Cornus racemosa )
Green Ash ( Fraxinus pennsylvanica )
Green Mountain Maple ( Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain' )
Greencolumn Maple ( Acer nigrum 'Greencolumn' )
Greenspire Linden ( Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' )
Halka Honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Halka' )
Harvest Gold Crabapple ( Malus 'Harvest Gold' )
Hoopsii Colorado Blue Spruce ( Picea pungens 'Hoopsii' )
Ironwood ( Ostrya virginiana )
Imperial Honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Imperial' )
Indian Summer Crabapple ( Malus 'Indian Summer' )
Japanese Crabapple ( Malus floribunda )
Japanese Pagodatree ( Sophora japonica )
Japanese Tree Lilac ( Syringa reticulata )
Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass ( Calamagrostis arundinacea 'Karl Foerster' )
Kentucky Coffee Tree ( Gymnocladus dioicus )
Lacebark Pine ( Pinus bungeana )
Legacy Sugar Maple ( Acer saccharum 'Legacy' )
Legend Linden ( Tilia americana 'Legend' )
Leprechaun Ash ( Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Johnson' )
Limber Pine ( Pinus flexilis )
Limemound Spirea ( Spirea x bumalda 'Limemound' )
London Planetree ( Platanus x acerifolia )
Mt. St. Helens Plum ( Prunus x cerasifera 'Mt. St. Helens' )
Nanking Cherry ( Prunus tomentosa )
Nannyberry Viburnum ( Viburnam lentago )
Noreaster Cottonwood ( Populus deltoides 'Noreaster' )
Northern Catalpa ( Catalpa speciosa )
Northern Red Oak ( Quercus rubra )
Northwood Red Maple ( Acer rubrum 'Northwood' )
Ohio Buckeye ( Aesculus glabra )
Osage-Orange ( Maclura pomifera )
Patmore Ash ( Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Patmore' )
PeeGee Hydrangea ( Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora' )
Pink Spires Crabapple ( Malus 'Pink Spires' )
Ponderosa Pine ( Pinus ponderosa )
Prairifire Crabapple ( Malus 'Prairifire' )
Princess Kay Plum ( Prunus nigra 'Princis Kay' )
Professor Sprenger Crabapple ( Malus 'Professor Sprenger' )
Quaking Aspen ( Populus tremuloides )
Red Jade Crabapple ( Malus 'Red Jade' )
Red Sunset Red Maple ( Acer rubrum 'Franksred' )
Redbud Crabapple ( Malus sieboldii var. zumi 'Calocarpa' )
Redmond Linden ( Tilia americana 'Redmond' )
River Birch ( Betula nigra )
Riversii Beech ( Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii' )
Robin Hill Serviceberry ( Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Robin Hill' )
Royalty Crabapple ( Malus 'Royalty' )
Russian Olive ( Elaeagnus angustifolia )
Scotch Pine ( Pinus sylvestris )
Shademaster Honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos var.inermis 'Shademaster' )
Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria )
Showy Mountainash ( Sorbus decora )
Silver Maple ( Acer Saccharinum )
Smoketree ( Cotinus coggygria )
Snowdrift Crabapple ( Malus 'Snowdrift' )
Spring Snow Crabapple ( Malus 'Spring Snow' )
Staghorn Sumac ( Rhus typhina )
Star Magnolia ( Magnolia stellata )
Sugar Tyme Crabapple ( Malus 'Sugar Tyme' )
Swamp White Oak ( Quercus bicolor )
Tatarian Maple ( Acer tataricum )
Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn ( Crataegus crusgalli var. inermis )
Thornless Honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis )
Thundercloud Cherry Plum ( Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud' )
Turkish Filbert ( Corylus colurna )
Twisted Needle White Pine ( Pinus strobus 'Contorta' )
Urbanite Ash ( Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Urbanite' )
Weeping Caragana ( Caragana arborescens 'Pendula' )
Weeping European Larch ( Larix decidua 'Pendula' )
Weeping Higan Cherry ( Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula' )
Weeping Pussy Willow ( Salix caprea 'Pendula' )
White Mulberry ( Morus alba )
White Oak ( Quercus alba )
Whitebud ( Cercis canadensis alba )
Whitespire Birch ( Betula platyphylla 'Whitespire' )
Winter King Hawthorn ( Crataegus viridis 'Winter King' )
Yellow Buckeye ( Aesculus flava )
Zumi Crabapple ( Malus sieboldii var. zumi )