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EAST TEXAS SMALL
ORNAMENTAL TREES |
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Genus/species |
Common Name |
Ht. |
Wdt. |
Special Interest |
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Carpinus caroliniana |
American Hornbeam |
20-30' |
20-30' |
variable fall color from
yellow to orange to red |
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Styrax americanus |
American Snowbell |
6-8' |
3-4' |
white bell shaped blooms which
hang down in May -June, full sun w/ irrigation |
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Magnolia ashei |
Ashe Magnolia |
15-30' |
15-30' |
large-leaf Magnolia with bold
medium green leaves |
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Viburnum prunifolium |
Blackhaw Viburnum |
12-20' |
8-12' |
spring-white blooms with
yellow stamens, reddish purple fall color |
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Crataegus brachyacantha |
Blueberry Hawthorn |
6-15' |
15-25' |
white blooms, late spring,
fall color and fruits, susceptible to rust |
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Halesia carolina |
Carolina Silverbell |
30-40' |
20-35' |
white , pendulous, bell shaped
flowers in spring |
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Acer leucoderme |
Chalkbark Maple |
20-25' |
20-25' |
multistemmed with gray bark,
-leaves turn scarlet, orange,& gold , in the fall |
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Ilex cassine |
Dahoon Holly |
20-25' |
10-20' |
long, slender evergreen leaves
give distinction to this holly |
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Chilopsis linearis |
Desert Willow |
15-20' |
15-20 |
summer blooming, heat/ drought
tolerant, varieties w/ white, pink, or burgundy-substitute
for Crepe Myrtle |
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Cornus florida |
Dogwood |
20-40' |
20-40' |
white bracts in spring,
reddish-purple fall color, berries in winter, alligator
bark/ likes good drainage and water |
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Amelanchier arborea |
Downy Serviceberry |
15-25' |
varies |
multistemmed, adaptable to
wet/dry and pH-white sp flowers, yellow-orange fall color,
edible fruit |
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Sophora affinis |
Eve's Necklace |
15-25' |
8-15' |
white spring blooms,
decorative beaded fruit hangs like a necklace |
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Chionanthus virginicus |
Fringetree |
12-20' |
14-20 |
slightly fragrant fluffy white
panicles of bloom in early spring; - underused, hard to
find, hard to propagate |
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Crataegus opaca |
Mayhaw |
6-15' |
6-15' |
white blooms Feb.- March,
fruit matures late April-May |
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Prunus Mexicana |
Mexican Plum |
10-15' |
20-40' |
harbinger of spring with
fragrant white blooms , attracts bees |
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Crataegus marshallii |
Parsley Hawthorn |
15-20' |
15-25' |
white blooms with red anthers
in spring, -red fruit, -scarlet fall color |
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Ilex decidua |
Possumhaw |
20-30' |
15-25' |
red berries appear to glow as
leaves fall on this deciduous holly (female) |
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Aesculus pavia |
Red Buckeye |
20-25' |
20-25 |
red flower spikes in spring
which attract butterflies-yellow to deep red fall color |
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Cercis canadensis |
Redbud |
20-30' |
25-35 |
reddish purple buds in early
spring, 'Forest Pansy' is purple leafed |
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Viburnum rufidulum |
Rusty Blackhaw |
10-20' |
8-12' |
buds covered with rusty red
fuzz, rich burgundy fall color |
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Acer barbatum |
Southern sugar maple |
20-25' |
20-25 |
bright yellow fall color |
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Halesia diptera v. magniflora |
Two-winged Silver Bell |
20-30' |
20-35' |
white , pendulous, bell shaped
flowers in spring |
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Myrica cerifera |
Wax Myrtle |
15-20' |
10-20' |
evergreen, pale blue waxy
fruit fall and winter, eaten by variety of birds |
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Ilex verticillata |
Winterberry |
6-15' |
6-10' |
many varieties available with
red or yellow berries, requires male & female |
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Hamamelis virginiana |
Witch hazel |
20-30' |
20-25' |
yellow, fragrant flowers in
fall, leaves turn yellow |
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Ilex vomitoria |
Yaupon |
20-25' |
20-25' |
multitrunked evergreen w/red
berries on female, pale gray bark |
