Utah Department of Agriculture and Food recommends that residents, when planting, avoid ornamentals that are severely attacked by adult Japanese beetles.
Severely attacked by Japanese beetles:
American chestnut
American elm
American linden
American mountain ash
Apple
Black cherry
Black walnut
Cherry
Flowering crab-apple
Grapes
Gray birch
Hollyhock
Horse chestnut
Norway Maple
Plum
Roses
Less likely to be attacked by Japanese beetles
American elder
Arborvitae
Black oak
Box elder
Common lilac
Euonymus (all species)
Fir
Green ash
Hemlock
Holly (all species)
Juniper
Pine
Red maple
Red oak
Rhododendron
Scarlet oak
Silver maple
Spruce
White ash
White oak
White poplar
Yew
Source: State of Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Web site www.ag.utah.gov/pressrel/JBControlMethods.html