The Watertown Tree Warden has street trees available to be planted on the street in your front yard close to the sidewalk.
If you would like a tree to be planted, please email your top three choices to Tree Warden Chris Hayward at chayward@watertown-ma.gov. He will come out to your site to see if there is a suitable planting location and let you know whether a tree can or cannot be planted. Keep in mind, if you are interested, that trees can also be planted on private property within 20-feet of the public right of way. Watertown Fall 2016 Street tree availability list Species (Common ) Species (Botanical ) with height and then spread listed. Small and Front Yard trees
Celestial dogwood Cornus rutgan 15′ to 25′ 12′ to 15′
Canada red cherry Prunus virginiana 20′ to 25′ 18′ to 20′
Coral burst crab Malus × moerlandsii ‘Profusion’ 10′ to 15′ 10′ to 15′
Snowgoose cherry Prunus serrulata “Snowgoose” 20′ to 25′ 15′ to 20′
Kwanzan cherry Prunus serrulata “Kwanzan” 20′ to 25′ 20′ to 30′
Medium sized trees
Cleveland select pear Pyrus calleryana ‘Cleveland select’ 25′ to 35′ 15′ to 20′
Hop-Hornbeam Ostrya virginiana 15′ to 30′ 12′ to 25′
Sun valley maple Acer rubrum “Sun Valley” 20′ to 30′ 20′ to 30′
Large Shade Trees
Pin oak Quercus palustris 50′ to 70′ 30′ to 40′
Red oak Quercus rubra 75′ to 100′ 60′ to 75′
Elm “Princeton” Ulmus spp. 50′ to 70′ 30′ to 50′
Ginko Ginko biloba 50′ to 80′ 35′ to 45′
Skyline Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos inerms 45′ to 60′ 25′ to 35′
Autumn blaze red maple Acer rubrum 40′ to 50′ 30′ to 40′
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 50′ to 70′ 30′ to 40′
Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera 60′ to 90′ 30′ to 50′
Horsechesnut Aesculus hippocastanum 40′ to 60′ 30′ to 40′
Black gum Nyssa sylvatica 40′ to 65′ 30′ to 40′
