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CRAPE MYRTLE
State Shrub of Texas
• Blooms in many colors
• grows in sizes and
shapes to meet a wide
variety of needs.
Beautiful bark
gives yeararound
interest.
Fall Color
POSSUMHAW HOLLY
POSSUMHAW HOLLY
• Large deciduous shrub or small tree;
• Grows best in partial shade to full sun;
• Females need a male pollinator for good
fruit set.
• Colorful berries throughout fall and winter.
Height: 8 to 12 ft.,
Width: 6 to 10 ft.
YAUPON HOLLY
YAUPON HOLLY
• Evergreen large shrub or small tree;
• Can be single- or multi-trunk;
• It has attractive bark and very
ornamental fruit.
Height: 10 to 20 ft.
Width: 8 to 12 ft.
WAX MYRTLE
SOUTHERN WAX MYRTLE
• Large evergreen shrub or small tree, often
with more than one truck;
• Gray-green aromatic foliage and clusters
of blue-gray fruits on female plants.
Height: to 20 ft
Width: 10 to 15 ft.
Texas Mountain Laurel
• Small evergreen tree
• or large shrub
• Drought tolerant
• Tolerant of alkaline soil
(Native to limestone soils)
• Full sun to Part Shade
• 20 degree freezes will
eliminate blooms but not
kill plant
Height: 9-15 ft.; Width: 9-15 ft.
‘LITTLE GEM’
SOUTHERN
MAGNOLIA
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SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA
“Little Gem”
• Evergreen with a narrow and upright
growth pattern;
• Good choice for a smaller garden space;
• Beautiful creamy white blooms, large
seed bearing cones.
Height: 20 ft.
Width: 12 ft.
MEXICAN REDBUD
Cercis canadensis
var. mexicana
• Small tree or large
shrub;
• Smaller glossier
leaves;
• More drought tolerant;
• Needs well-drained
soil.
Height: 10-15 ft.
Width: 10-15 ft.
‘OKLAHOMA’ REDBUD
REDBUD
“Oklahoma”
• Small tree valued for its petite purple-red
flowers in early Spring.
• Moderate grower; may develop multiple
trunks.
15 feet tall and wide
Texas redbud
Cercis
canadensis var.
texensis
Grows on thin,
calcareous welldrained soils
west of eastern
redbud's native
habitat.
Height: 15 to 20 ft.
Width: 15 to 20 ft.
MEXICAN
PLUM
MEXICAN PLUM
• Small single-trunked white flowering tree
blooming in very early spring;
• Grows in full sun or as an understory tree;
• Fruit darkens in color as it ripens in late fall.
• Exfoliating bark.
25 ft. tall and wide
DESERT
WILLOW
DESERT WILLOW
• Fast-growing, drought
tolerant small tree
unrelated to willow;
• Selections ‘White Storm’
and ‘Dark Storm’
introduced by Benny
Simpson of Texas A&M.
• Late spring and summer
bloomer.
Height: 15-20 ft.
Eve’s Necklace
EVE’S NECKLACE
• Small deciduous tree with
fine textured foliage;
• Rosy-pink flowers that
hang in wisteria-like
clusters in Spring;
• Fruit pods in late summer
and fall that resemble a
black string of beads,
giving it its common
Height: 15 to 35 ft.name.
Width: 10 to 20 ft.
VITEX
‘Summer Lilac’
VITEX or CHASTE TREE
• Small deciduous accent tree or large shrub;
• Can be trained tree-form with age;
• Lilac or pale violet blooms in summer;
• Needs adequate space to grow.
10-18 ft.Tall-12-20 ft. Wide
Mexican Buckeye
MEXICAN BUCKEYE
Ungnadia Speciosa
• Small Tree or large
shrub
• Deciduous
• Moderat Growth Rate
• Drought Tolerant
• Reliabe fall color,
showy fragrant flower
in spring.
Height: 12-20 ft.
Width: 12-20 ft.
Rusty Blackhaw
RUSTY BLACKHAW
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Vibernum rufidulum
Small Tree
Deciduous
Slow Growth Rate
Moderate Water needs
Tolerates moderate to
heavy shade, drought
tolerant
• Reliable fall color; white
flowers; blue fruits
20 ft. high and wide
Texas Persimmon
• Full sun to part shade;
• Small white flowers in
spring, red berries in
fall and winter on
female;
• Multi-trunked with
Silvery-gray bark;
• Fruit can be messy –
locate away from
walks and driveways
20 ft. tall
12 ft. wide
Roughleaf Dogwood
Roughleaf Dogwood
• Burgundy Fall
color
• Late spring
blooms, white
summer berries
• Withstands hot,
dry situations
• And clay soil
• Use for wildlife
habitat.
• 8-15 ft. tall