Parkway Tree Program

Share the Cost Tree Replacement Program

Flossmoor's Shared Cost Parkway Tree Program is a 50/50 cost sharing program that gives residents the opportunity to purchase a tree for their parkway at half of the cost, with the Village paying for the other half. This is a wonderful way to add to the beauty and enhance the property values of our community. All species available are conducive to parkway planting and soil conditions in our area. A list with descriptions, to assist in selecting trees for your parkway, is listed below. The trees will all be professionally planted by a local nursery. The trunks of most species will be at least two-inches in diameter, and all trees will carry a one-year guarantee
  
2017 Fall Share the Tree Planting Application (PDF) 
2017 Fall Tree Descriptions (PDF)

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  1. Fall 2017 - STC Planting List
  2. Spring Planting List
Tree Name Botanical Name Description

Expresso Kentucky Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioious

Height: 60-80 feet, Spread 40-55, Form: attractive vertical ascending branches, bold winter outline with stout branches and furrowed bark. Prefers moist, well-drained soils. This tree is very adaptable and can tolerate poor soils and drought. Almost tropical appearance in summer. Medium growth rate. Excellent yellow fall color.  Male/seedless cultivar. (Read more.)
Sweet Gum Liquidamber styraciflua

Height: 60-80 feet, Spread: 40-60 feet, Form: upright growth habit with straight trunk. Prefers moist, fertile soils, but very adaptable. Star shaped leaves turn shades of yellow, orange, purple, and red in the fall.  Fruit are 1.5-inch diameter and remain on the tree for much of the winter. (Read more.)
Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera

Height: 60-90 feet, Spread: 30-50 feet, Form: upright and cone shaped.  Prefers moist, well-drained, organically rich soil in full sun.  Can tolerate part shade.  Flowers have a tulip like appearance.  Yellow fall color.  (Read more.)
Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum

Height: 50-70 feet, Spread: 20-45, Form: pyramial cone bearing tree.  Tolerates a wide range of soils and conditions. Excellent choice for wet areas, but adaptable to dryer upland areas.  Native to southern Illinois and southern Illinois swamps.  Feather like leaves turn orange in the fall.  (Read morehttp://www.mortonarb.org/trees-plants/tree-plant-descriptions/northern-catalpa.) 

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

Height: 40-70 feet, Spread: 20-50 feet, Form: rounded to narrow oval crown.  Tolerant of a wide range of soils.  Prefers moist fertile soils in full sun to part shade.  Showy white flowers in the spring.  Seed pods are 12 to 24 inches long.  The large 12-inch leaves turn yellow to brown in the fall. (Read more.)