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Golden Raintree
The Golden Raintree typically reaches heights between 30 and 40 feet with spreads much the same. This small tree has a rounded, open crown and is tolerant of most city pollutants and droughts. For best growth, plant the tree in well-drained soil with full sun. The alternate, pinnate (sometimes bipinnate) LEAVES are 14” long and…
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Persimmon, Chinese
The deciduous Chinese Persimmon tree is an attractive, colorful tree that brings considerable variety to your garden or landscape. Native to China where it has been cultivated for centuries, it is stunningly beautiful, with glossy dark green LEAVES, which turn rich red in autumn as dramatic as the maple. Although not strictly a subtropical, non-astringent…
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Eastern Redcedar
The Eastern redcedar is a tree of oval, columnar, or pyramidal form and pointed at the apex. The species is the tallest of the Junipers, woth individuals sometimes reaching nearly 100 feet, but usually between 30 and 40 feet in height; diameter 1 to 3 feet at breast height. The species usually occurs as isolated…
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Chinese Parasol Tree
The Chinese Parasol tree typically reaches heights between 30 and 45 feet with spreads half of the height. The rounded crown casts a very dense shadow making this tree a good option if looking for a shade tree. For best growth, plant tree in moist, sandy or loam soil with full sun. The alternate, simple…
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Royal Paulownia
Paulownia tomentosa (also known as the Empress Tree, Princess Tree or Foxglove Tree) is a deciduous tree in the genus Paulownia, native to central and western China, but invasive in the US. It grows to 10�25 m tall, with large heart-shaped, five-lobed leaves. A typical mature tree will have a rounded crown, appear heavy with…
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Oak, Blackjack
Quercus marilandica (Blackjack oak) is a small oak, one of the red oak group Quercus sect. Lobatae, but fairly isolated from the others. It is native to the southern and central United States. The Blackjack oak grows in poor, thin, dry, rocky or sandy soils where few other woody plants can thrive, usually on low…
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Desert willow
This interesting tree, so named because of its willow-like leaves, is closely related to the Catalpa. Often reaching a height of 25 feet and a diameter of 10 to 12 inches, it is found usually in dry, gravelly, porous soils in the valley of the lower Rio Grande and through West Texas. The LEAVES are…
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Jerusalem Thorn (Retama)
Parkinsonia aculeata may be a spiny shrub or a small tree. It can grow from 6.6 to 26 ft high, with a maximum height of 33 ft depending upon environmental factors. It has a high tolerance to drought, by simply attaining shorter stature. In moist and humus-rich environments it becomes a taller, spreading shade tree.…
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Privet, Chinese
Ligustrum sinense or Chinese Privet is an deciduous shrub growing to 7–23 feet tall, with densely hairy shoots. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant and for hedges. Several cultivars have been selected, including the very floriferous ‘Multiflorum’, the variegated cultivar ‘Variegatum’, and the dwarf cultivar ‘Wimbei’ growing to 1.65 feet and with leaves only…
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Holly, Yaupon
When one hears the name Yaupon Holly or holly for that matter a tree dos not usually come to mind. However, most varieties of Yaupon left unattended or groomed as such will grow to have large trunks and be quite tall with relatively large crown spans. This woody native is quite the favorite of many…