Please help with tree suggestions (1) Shade and (3) Ornament

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scoutmama Millers Tavern, VA May 27, 2010

Need help!!!
I have a small rancher on 8 acres but just want to plant a shade tree out front and a couple of ornamental trees.
They will have to be able to take full sun.
Maybe three (different types) of ornamental that can give me color throughout the year.
Right now I only have two weeping willows planted and that is it.
I was looking for suggestions on:
*****a good (preferably fast growning) shade tree and *****a few ornamentals to give me color.
Are there some I can chose from that will bloom at different times to give me color a longer time; like from spring all the way to fall?
Thanks so much for any suggestions.

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) May 28, 2010

I usually start looking with this advanced search on arbory day foundation
http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeguide/advancedsearch.cfm

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flowers_delight Leicester, NC(Zone 8a) May 29, 2010

I hope you have a big yard scoutmama, those willows get huge unless you prune them hard every year. I have a Smoke tree that changes from spring to fall and just love to watch it. Not a big tree but has a nice canopy when full grown. Google it and see what you think.

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raebeags Dighton, MA(Zone 6a) May 29, 2010

I have a coral bark Japanese maple tree it's a full sun tree. It has beautiful lime greenish leaves in the summer. Yellow foliage in the fall. In the winter the branches of the tree are red. The colder it is the redder the branches get!

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31538/

Holly trees give pretty all year around color too! Good in part shade.

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