Small Trees 9 Crape Myrtle Desert Willow Farkleberry Mexican

Small Trees 9 Crape Myrtle Desert Willow Farkleberry Mexican

Bottlebrush
Small Trees
Callistemon rigidus
Up to 30 feet tall
• Evergreen tree
15 ft x 10 ft
• Sun
• Low to high water
• Spring-summer bloom
• Moderate growth rate
• Sand, loam
• Native to Australia
• Salt tolerant
• Hardy to low 20º
KEY:
Provides food for butterflies
Provides food & nesting for hummingbirds
Provides food, cover, or nesting for birds
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Deciduous tree
Sun
Medium water
Summer-fall bloom
Moderate growth rate
Best varieties:
 Natchez White
30 ft x 10 ft
Resistant to
aphids, mildew
 Basham Party Pink
20 ft x 10 ft
Slightly resistant
to aphids, mildew
• Native to Asia
• Fall leaf color
• Not salt tolerant
Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica
Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis
• Deciduous tree
15-40 ft x 30 ft
• Sun
• Low water
• Spring-fall bloom
• Fast growing
• Sand, loam, clay,
limestone
• Native to C, W
TX & MX
• Deer resistant
• Hardy to 10°
Farkleberry
Mexican
Poinciana
Vaccinium arboreum
Caesalpinia mexicana
• Evergreen or deciduous
tree
12-15 ft x 10 ft
• Part shade
• Low water
• Spring bloom
• Fall fruit
• Sand, loam
• Native to SE TX
• Understory plant
• Fall leaf color
• Evergreen tree
15-30 ft x 15 ft
• Sun/part shade
• Low water
• Spring-fall bloom
• Moderate growth rate
• Sand, clay, loam
• Native to S TX & MX
• Hardy to 20º
• Seeds are toxic
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Texas Redbud
Red Bay
Cercis canadensis
var. texensis
Persea borbonia
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Evergreen tree 30 ft x 30 ft
Sun/shade
Medium - high water
Spring bloom
Fall fruit
Moderate growth rate
Sandy soil
Native to SE TX
Understory plant
Not salt tolerant
• Deciduous tree
10-20 ft x 15 ft
• Dappled shade
• Low - medium water
• Spring bloom
• Rocky, sandy, clay, loam
• Native to W, C, N TX
• Deer resistant
Texas Kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana
• Deciduous tree
10 ft x 8 ft
• Sun/part shade
• Low water
• Spring-fall bloom
• Moderate growth
rate
• Sand, loam, clay,
caliche
• Native to C, S
TX
Cordia boissieri
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Sophora secundiflora
• Evergreen tree
20 ft x 12 ft
• Sun/part sun
• Low water
• Spring bloom
• Slow-growing
• Sand, loam, clay,
caliche, limestone
• Native to C, SW, S TX
• Salt tolerant
• Deer resistant
Wild Olive
• Evergreen tree
20 ft x 15 ft
• Sun
• Low water
• Spring-fall bloom
• Moderate growth rate
• Sand, loam, clay, caliche
• Native to S TX
• Salt tolerant
• Hardy to 20º
Texas Mountain
Laurel
Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
• Evergreen tree
20 ft x 15 ft
• Sun/part shade/shade
• Low - high water
• Spring bloom
• Fall fruit
• Sand, loam, clay,
gravel, limestone
• Native to TX
• Understory
• Salt tolerant
• Deer resistant