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 Recommendations for the San Fernando Valley:

20-25 ft
25-30 ft
30-40ft
40 ft and beyond

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SHERIDAN GARDENS NURSERY, INC

Burbank Store

817 N. Hollywood Way

Burbank, CA 91505

(818) 841-8845

www.sheridangardens.com 

TREES 25-30 FEET

AGONIS FLEXUOSA (Peppermint Willow)  Evergreen tree or big shrub.  Narrow, willow-like leaves provide dense coverage for weeping branches.  (Leaves smell of peppermint when crushed.  Abundant, small, white flowers in June.  Medium to fast grower.  Very tolerant of soil types, watering practices.

BETULA ALBA (European White Birch)  Delicate and lacy deciduous tree with narrow to pyramidal habit and long, weeping branches.  A favorite

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CHITALPA TASHKENTENSIS ‘MORNING CLOUD & ‘PINK DAWN’  Superior flowering cultivar with white or lavender-pink trumpet shaped flowers   Morning Clouds white bloom has purple throat while the Pink Dawns lavender-pink flower has yellow throat.  Deciduous.  Blooms June-July.  CLOSE UP of Morning Cloud, CLOSE UP of Pink Dawn.

CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA (Camphor Tree)  Evergreen, delight to the eye every season.  Foliage shiny, yellow-green in winter, early spring foliage is pink, or bronze.  Clusters of tiny yellow flowers in May.  Bark is dark and furrowed.  Grows slowly and may be as wide as tall. CLOSE UP

ERYTHRINA CAFFRA (Kaffirboom Coral Tree)  Briefly deciduous tree.  Leaves drop in January.  Angular branches produce big clusters of deep, red-orange tubular flowers.  By April, flowers give way to fresh, light green, often dense foliage.  Wider that tall. CLOSE UP - FLOWER

ERYTHRINA CORALLOIDES (Naked Coral Tree)  Deciduous tree twisted, black-thorned branches tipped with fiery-red blossoms like fat candles, March to May.  Leaves develop after blossom season.  Bizarre, bare-branch structure as valuable as flowers.  Equal height and spread.  CLOSE UP - FLOWER

ERYTHRINA SYKESII (Coral Tree)  Hybrid coral tree from Australia.  Spreading branches with numerous black thorns.  Red flowers in Jan-March before leaves.

EUCALYPTUS POLYANTHEMOS (Silver Dollar Eucalyptus)  Evergreen, slender and erect.  Juvenile leaves, green-gray, oval or round.  Mature leaves are lance-shaped.  Mottled bark.  Excellent cut foliage.  Fairly fast grower.  Grows almost anywhere.  Not good in wet places.  CLOSE UP

FICUS BENJAMINA (Weeping Fig)  Broadly spreading evergreen tree with shiny, leathery green leaves that densely cover drooping branches.  Does not like cold winters or excessive wet locations with poor drainage

FRAXINUS OXYCARPA ‘RAYWOOD’ (Raywood Ash) Compact, small-leafed deciduous ash.  Fine texture, delicate, lacy look. Leaves are divided into leaflets.  Purple-red fall color.  Fast growing.

GEIJERA PARVIFLORA (Australian Willow)  Graceful, finely textured evergreen tree.  Main branches sweep up and out, little branches hang down.  Long, narrow, medium-green drooping leaves give effect of willow.  Has grace of a willow, toughness of a eucalyptus.  Deep, non-invasive roots and moderate growth rate.

MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA (cajeput tree) Upright evergreen with foliage that turns purple in light frost.  Flowers are yellowish-white to pinkish or purple.  Trunk has thick, spongy, light-brown to whitish bark that peels off in sheets.  

MICHELIA CHAMPACA  Excellent ornamental tree displays an abundance of extremely fragrant yellow flowers over a long season. Matures to a bold, broad form. Terrific specimen for yard or garden. Evergreen. Full sun. Slow grower to 25 to 30 feet tall and wide. Cutting grown.

OLEA EUROPEANA (European Olive)  Evergreen tree with willow-like foliage, gray-green in color.  Olives blacken and drop late in year.  Can be sprayed to reduce fruit possibility.  Smooth gray trunks and bark become gnarled and picturesque in maturity. Slow grower to 25-30 feet and as wide.

OLEA EUROPEA SWAN HILL,( Swan hill Olive) Evergreen, leaves deep green.  Bears no fruit with little to no pollen. 

PYRUS CALLERYANA ‘ARISTOCRAT)  (Aristocrat Flowering Pear)  Deciduous tree with strong, horizontal branching pattern.  Long, broad oval, scalloped dark green leaves are glossy and leathery.  Pure white flowers bloom in clusters March-April. CLOSE UP of fall color.

PYRUS KAWAKAMII (Evergreen Pear)  Evergreen tree or multiple trunk tree.  Partially deciduous in coldest areas.  Drooping branchlets with glossy, oval, pointed leaves.  Masses of clustered white flowers in winter, early spring.  Tolerant of many soils, easy to grow where it doesn’t freeze  CLOSE UP of flower.

SAPIUM SEBIFERUM  (Chinese Tallow Tree) Deciduous tree with dense, round crown.  Outstanding fall color.  Tends to be shrublike, reaching 30ft. with equal width.  Tiny yellow flowers in spikes at branch tips.

SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS (Brazilian Pepper)  Differs from California Pepper in its non-pendulous growth.  Darker, coarser, glossy leaves. Very showy, bright red berries in winter.  Good as a multi-trunked tree.  A nice example of this  tree can be viewed in the center of Sheridan Gardens Burbank yard.

Tipuana tipu (Tipu Tipu Tree)  Deciduous to semi-evergreen.  Broad silhouette and flattened crown.  Leaves divide into leaflets.  Apricot to yellow flowers bloom in clusters like sweet peas in June-July, followed by pods.