Try planting these trees recommended for Wichita, south-central Kansas

This list of preferred trees for south-central Kansas was compiled by the Kansas Forest Service based on recommendations from experts. Find more details about the trees in the document below.

Small trees

(Under 20 feet)

Maples: amur, tatarian

Redbud: eastern, Oklahoma

Chinese fringetree

Winterberry euonymus

Flowering crabapple

Smoketree

Medium trees

(20 to 40 feet)

Osage orange

Maples: trident, hedge, shantung

European hornbeam

Goldenrain tree

Chinese pistache

Callery pear

Chinkapin oak

Japanese tree lilac

Large

(Over 40 feet)

Maples: freeman, red, sugar

Oaks: sawtooth, white, swamp white, Texas red, shingle, bur, English, Red, Shumard, Willow

Lindens: American, littleleaf, silver

Elm: American, lacebark

River birch

Common hackberry

Ginkgo

Thornless honeylocust

Kentucky coffee tree

London planetree

Sweetgum

Baldcypress

Japanese zelkova

This story was originally published April 17, 2022 at 4:23 AM.