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Althea

Hibiscus syriacus

Type: Ornamental Tree - Shrub

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 10 to 15 ft.

Spread: 8 to 10 ft.

Season of Bloom: June to September

Bloom Color: White - Pink - Lavender

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Butterflies - Hummingbirds

Bird of Paradise

Caesalpinia gilliesii

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 10 ft.

Spread: 6 ft.

Season of Bloom: April to September

Bloom Color: Yellow - Red

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Butterflies - Hummingbirds

'Bur' Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 1

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 90 ft.

Spread: 90 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Yes

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Canary Island Date' Palm

Phoenix canariensis

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 11

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 40 ft.

Spread: 20 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value:

'Cedar' Elm

Ulmus crassifolia

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 1

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained - Moderate

Height: 80 ft.

Spread: 60 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Cherry' Laurel

Prunus caroliniana

Type: Ornamental Tree

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 15 to 20 ft.

Spread: 8 to 15 ft.

Season of Bloom: March

Bloom Color: White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Chinkapin' Oak

Quercus muhlenbergii

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 1

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 90 ft.

Spread: 60 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value:

Chitalpa

Chilopsis catalpa

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 25 to 30 ft.

Spread: 20 ft.

Season of Bloom: May to September

Bloom Color: Pink

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds

'Desert' Willow

Chilopsis linearis

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

AHS Heat Zone: 11 to 7

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 20 to 25 ft.

Spread: 15 ft.

Season of Bloom: May to October

Bloom Color: Pink - White - Burgundy

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Butterflies - Birds - Hummingbirds

'Eastern' Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4

AHS Heat Zone: 12 to 9

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 20 to 30 ft.

Spread: 15 ft.

Season of Bloom: March to April

Bloom Color: White - Pink

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Butterflies

Eve's Necklace

Sophora affinis

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 15 to 35 ft.

Spread: 10 to 20 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: Pale Pink - Rosy Pink

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value:

'Honey' Mesquite Tree

Prosopis grandulosa

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 20 ft.

Spread: 20 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Bird

Kidneywood

Eysenhardtia texana

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 6 to 9 ft.

Spread: 5 to 6 ft.

Season of Bloom: August to November

Bloom Color: White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Butterflies

'Lacebark' Elm

Ulmus parvifolia

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 60 ft.

Spread: 40 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Lacey' Oak

Quercus glaucoides

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 30 ft.

Spread: 20 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value:

'Live' Oak

Quercus virginiana

Type: Shade Tree

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 60 ft.

Spread: 60 ft.

Native: Native

'Mazari' Palm

Nannorrhops

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 15 to 20 ft.

Spread: 8 to 10 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value:

'Mexican Fan' Palm

Washingtonia robusta

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 100 ft.

Spread: 15 to 20 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value:

'Oklahoma' Redbud

Cercis reinformis 'Oklahoma'

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 25 to 30 ft.

Spread: 20 to 25 ft.

Season of Bloom: March to April

Bloom Color: White - Pink

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Butterflies

'Possumhaw' Holly

Ilex decidua

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4

AHS Heat Zone: 9 to 3

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 15 ft.

Spread: 10 ft.

Season of Bloom: April

Bloom Color: White

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies

'Retama' Tree

Parkinsonia aculeata

Type: Ornamental Tree - Thorns

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 25 ft.

Spread: 25 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: Yellow

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Butterflies - Hummingbirds

'Rusty Blackhaw' Viburnum

Viburnum rufidulum

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5

AHS Heat Zone: 8 to 1

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 20 ft.

Spread: 20 ft.

Season of Bloom: April

Bloom Color: White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies

'Shumard Red' Oak

Quercus shumardii

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 90 ft.

Spread: 90 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Smoke' Tree

Cotinus coggygria

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 10 ft.

Spread: 10 ft.

Season of Bloom: Summer

Bloom Color: Purple/Beige - Yellow

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Butterflies

'Southern' Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Type: Shade Tree - Ornamental Tree

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 60 ft.

Spread: 30 ft.

Season of Bloom: June to August

Bloom Color: White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Texas Red' Oak

Quercus texana

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 50 ft.

Spread: 50 ft.

Native: Native

'Texas' Ash

Fraxinus texensis

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 50 ft.

Spread: 40 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Washington' Hawthorn

Crataegus sp. (C. phaenopyrum)

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5

AHS Heat Zone: 8 to 1

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 20 to 25 ft.

Spread: 15 ft.

Season of Bloom: March

Bloom Color: White

Native: Natives

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies

'Western' Soapberry

Sapindus drummondii

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

AHS Heat Zone: 10 to 2

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 35 to 40 ft.

Spread: 25 to 30 ft.

Season of Bloom: May

Bloom Color: White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies

'Wright' Acacia

Acacia wrightii

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 6 to 10 ft.

Spread: 10 ft.

Season of Bloom: April

Bloom Color: White - Pale Yellow

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds

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'Arizona' Cypress

Cupressus arizonica

Type: Shade Tree

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 40 ft.

Spread: 20 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds

Juniper 'Blue Point'

Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita'

Type: Ornamental Tree

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 1

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained - Moderate

Height: 10 to 15 ft.

Spread: 4 to 6 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Chinese' Pistache

Pistachia chinensis

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 2

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 60 ft.

Spread: 50 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Adapted

'Crepe' Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica sp.

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 15 to 25 ft.

Spread: 10 to 15 ft.

Season of Bloom: Summer

Bloom Color: White - Pink - Red - Lilac

Native: Adapted

'Eastern Red' Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Type: Ornamental Tree

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 2

AHS Heat Zone: 9 to 1

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 50 ft.

Spread: 30 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies

Gingko 'Autumn Gold'

Gingko biloba

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Moderate

Height: 30 to 50 ft.

Spread: 30 to 50 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Adapted

'Golden Leadball' Tree

Leucaena retusa

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 20 ft.

Spread: 15ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring - Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Butterflies

'Mexican' Buckeye

Ungnadia speciosa

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade - Full Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 8 to 15 ft.

Spread: 15 ft.

Season of Bloom: March to April

Bloom Color: Pink

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies - Hummingbirds

'Mexican' Plum

Prunus mexicanus

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 25 ft.

Spread: 25 ft.

Season of Bloom: March to April

Bloom Color: White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies

'Roughleaf' Dogwood

Cornus drummondii

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 15 ft.

Spread: 15 ft.

Season of Bloom: April to May

Bloom Color: White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies

Vitex

Vitex agnus-castus

Type: Ornamental Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

AHS Heat Zone: 10 to 1

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 15 to 20 ft.

Spread: 15 ft.

Season of Bloom: May to October

Bloom Color: Purple - White - Pink

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies - Hummingbirds

'American' Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

Type: Fruiting Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 20 to 30 ft.

Spread: 20 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Harvest:

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Birds

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'Bald' Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Type: Shade Tree

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 2

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low - Medium - High

Soil: Well Drained - Boggy

Height: 80 ft.

Spread: 50 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Wax' Myrtle

Myrica cerifera

Type: Ornamental Tree

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low - Medium

Soil: Well Drained - Moderate - Poor

Height: 15 to 20 ft.

Spread: 10 ft.

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds

'Yaupon' Holly

Ilex vomitoria

Type: Ornamental Tree

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4

AHS Heat Zone: 9 to 3

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade - Full Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 20 ft.

Spread: 20 ft.

Season of Bloom:

Bloom Color:

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies

Condition

Full Sun

Full Shade