• Several maple varieties are well-suited to Colorado.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
  
  When selecting trees for Colorado landscapes, consider the soil and weather conditions. Colorado experiences high winds and fluctuating temperature extremes, as well as bright sunshine most of the year. Soils in the state are generally alkaline and may be heavy clay or sand. Colorado is semiarid, so choose drought-tolerant tree varieties. Slow-growing varieties may take longer to mature, but have fewer problems with disease and winter damage than fast-growing varieties, such as aspen, poplar, cottonwood and silver maple.
  
  

Maple Trees

• Several maple varieties grow well in Colorado. Norway maples grow 50 feet high and 20 to 30 feet wide, depending on the variety. Most have brilliant fall foliage. Sugar maples also grow well in Colorado and are slightly smaller, making them a good choice for smaller yards. Sugar maples require moist soils. Water them as you would your lawn.
  
  

Oak

• If you have room, plant an oak tree, such as the red oak, burr oak, swamp white oak or English oak. These trees grow 50 feet high and 40 feet wide. Many oaks suffer from iron chlorosis in Colorado, due to the alkaline soils. Gambel oak is a small shrub-like tree native to Colorado. It tolerates poor, alkaline soil and limited water.
  
  

Common Hackberry

• This tree grows 50 feet high and 55 feet wide and has a broad, spreading form. It is a low-maintenance choice and tolerates Colorado's dry conditions and poor soils. It produces purple or red fruit in the fall, when its leaves turn yellow.
  
  

Kentucky Coffeetree

• Kentucky coffeetree grows 50 feet high and 40 feet wide. The tree's twisted bark provides winter interest, and female plants produce leathery 8-inch pods. The Kentucky coffeetree needs little water and tolerates wind and poor soils.
  
  

Linden

• Linden trees grow 45 feet high and 30 feet wide, depending on the variety. Some, such as littleleaf linden, produce flowers in the spring. These trees have deep-green, glossy leaves that turn yellow in the fall. Most varieties have red or reddish-brown bark and twigs.