I have a crimson king maple in the front yard and a flowering plum tree by our mailbox. We also have a blue hoopsi tree (a variety of blue spruce) All of these trees came home in the back of our car from the nursery and are now HUGE, since in December we will be in this house 28 years. Our neighborhood used to be woods so we had the builder leave several of the maple trees in the back yard and there are lots more behind our fenced area. They are very beautiful except when fall comes and I have to pull out the leaf blower and rake!