20-25 FEET
ACER PALMATUM (Japanese Maple) Deciduous shrub or tree. All year interest: spring growth is glowing, summer has soft green foliage turning orange-gold in fall: leafless branches in greens and red provide winter color. Slow growing to 20â. Needs shelter from hot, dry winds. Filtered shade is best. Resists oak root fungus.
BAUHINIA BLAKEANA (Hong Kong Orchid Tree) Considered by many to be the most beautiful tree available. Wonderful deep wine-red orchid-shaped bloom has a touch of white. Great choice for flamboyant yard or garden tree. Partially deciduous for a short period. Blooms November to March. Foliage is interesting with two heart shaped lobes that close up in evening.
BAUHINIA PURPUREA (Purple Orchid Tree) Partially to wholly deciduous. Light green, broadly lobed leaves generally drop midwinter. Beautiful show of light pink to orchid-purple, broad-petaled flowers, Jan-Mar. Produces a crop of beans after blooming. Inclined to grow as shrub with multiple stems.
CASSIA LEPTOPHYLLA (Gold Medallion Tree) Semi-evergreen, fast-growing tree with an open-headed, low-spreading pendulous form. The compound leaves have up to 12 pairs of narrow leaflets. Long spikes of deep yellow flowers to 3âwide appear July-August with scattered blooms later.
CASSIA SPLENDENS (Golden Senna) Semi-evergreen small tree with huge golden-rod colored clusters of single flowers 3â wide in fall through winter. Beautiful bean clusters of seed pods follow.
CERCIS CANADENSIS (Eastern Redbud) Deciduous tree, round-headed, but with horizontally tiered branches with age. Rich green leaves with pointed tips, Small, rosy-pink flowers cover bare branches in spring. Forest Pansy variety has striking heart-shaped leaves but needs partial shade in our hot areas.
CHIONANTHUS RETUSUS (Chinese Fringe Tree) A small deciduous tree with attractive lacy clusters of white flowers, 4â long in June and July. Fall foliage color is deep yellow.
CORNUS KOUSA (Kousa Dogwood) Deciduous large shrub or small tree. Native to Japan and Korea. Later blooming June (approx). Leaves medium green 4â long with scarlet fall color. Flowers set at center of white bracts which turn pink along edge. Fruit in September-October looks like a raspberry. Disease resistant.
LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA (Crape Myrtle) Deciduous tree or multiple trunked tree. Spreads as high and as wide. Spring foliage, light green, tinged bronze red. Mature leaves glossy green. Fall foliage, yellow to orange-red. Crinkled, crepe-like flowers in rounded, slightly conical clusters, red, rose, rose-orchid, purple, soft pink & white blooms July-September.
MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA âLITTLE GEMâ (Dwarf Southern Magnolia) Moderate, very compact with upright branching. 20ft by 10 ft wide. Dark green leaves with rusty bronze on the underside. Large white flowers appear early and again in late summer, Fragrant lemon scent.
PARKINSONIA ACULEATA (Mexican Palo Verde) Deciduous tree with yellow-green bark, spiny twigs and a picturesque form. Sparse foliage: 6-9â leaves with many leaflets that quickly drop in drought or cold. Numerous yellow flowers in loose clusters: a long bloom season in spring and then intermittently throughout the year. First growth is rapid, then slowing to an eventual 15-30 ft and as wide.
PRUNUS CAROLIANA COMPACTA (Carolina Cherry) Evergreen tree or hedge. Dense foliage with glossy, green, smooth-edged leaves. Small, creamy flowers in Feb-April.
PRUNUS CERASIFERA âKRAUTER VESUVIUSâ Darkest purple leafed Plum. Flowers are light pink in Feb-March with little or no fruit. Wide, upright branching pattern to 18ft.
TABEBUIA CHRYSOTRICHA A fast growing, briefly deciduous tree of rounded spreading form. Very showy flowers are 3-4â long, golden yellow, often with maroon stripes in the throat. Blooms heaviest April-May when the trees lose leaves briefly. Useful patio, lawn or specimen trees which tolerate many soils and drought when established. Require good drainage.
TABEBUIA IPE (Pink Trumpet Tree) More erect and usually evergreen tree, larger growing than T. chrysotricha with dark green, smooth leaves. The trumpet-shaped flowers are 2-3â long, lavender-pink with a white throat banded yellow. Blooms in late winter and sometimes again late summer to fall. Tolerates many soils and drought once established. Requires good drainage. Good tree for patio, lawn and specimen use.
