Say YES to FREE trees!

Would you like a free tree – plus free planting services?
Do you own a house or property in the City of Wilmington?
Would you like to volunteer to help us bring more trees to Delaware?

Just fill out a tree request form to get things started. We’ll make a
recommendation for the best spot and best type of tree for your location. These trees are not little seedlings – most varieties are 7 to 12 feet tall. For planting this spring, request forms are due by APRIL 15.

Free Tree varieties include:

Small

• Cole’s Select Serviceberry
• Amelanchier × grandiflora ‘Cole’s Select’
• Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
• Cornus mas
• Amur Maackia
• Maackia amurensis
• Galaxy magnolia
• Magnolia ‘Galaxy’
• Prairifire Crabapple
• Malus ‘Prairifire’
• Thunderchild Crabapple
• Malus ‘Thunderchild’
• American Hophornbeam
• Ostrya virginiana
• Persian Parrotia
• Parrotia persica
• Okame Cherry
• Prunus ‘Okame’
• Ivory Silk Tree Lilac
• Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’

Medium to Large Trees

• Armstrong Red Maple
• Acer × freemanii ‘Armstrong’
• River Birch
• Betula nigra
• Columnar European Hornbeam
• Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’
• American Yellowwood
• Cladrastis kentukea
• Turkish Filbert
• Corylus colurna
• Sunburst Honeylocust (thornless)
• Gleditsia triacanthos ‘Sunburst’
• Kentucky Coffeetree
• Gymnocladus dioicus
• London Planetree
• Platanus × acerifolia
• Swamp White Oak
• Quercus bicolor
• Shingle Oak
• Quercus imbricaria
• Columnar English Oak
• Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’
• Common Baldcypress
• Taxodium distichum
• Princeton Elm
• Ulmus americana ‘Princeton’

Download more copies of the request form here.

Print them out or email forms to your friends! This opportunity isn’t just for homeowners – churches, schools and businesses are welcome to apply. Or form a neighborhood group that can request several trees and make your whole block more beautiful.

Say YES to the Trees for Wilmington campaign and help us plant
20,000 trees by 2020! Spread the word to friends and neighbors today.

Questions? Call Annie Acton at (302) 658-6262, ext. 106,
to learn more about the benefits of trees. Read a report on the state of trees in New Castle County, visit this website

Funded through a grant awarded by the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, U.S. Forest Service. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.