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
'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
