ILLICIUM
parviflorum
Small
Anise-tree
USDA 7-9
Anise Tree
Habit is upright pyramidal to prominently suckering unless
restrained. Foliage is
a handsome olive-green. It will tolerate extremely moist soils but
does well in dry situations also. Small yellow-green flowers appear
in May-June, virtually unnoticed with no noticeable aroma. An excellent plant
for large foliage mass plantings or used as a screen because of the
slightly different color that will blend in with dark green
evergreens. Sun or
shade.
KOELREUTERIA
paniculata
USDA 6-9
Golden Rain Tree
Blue-green leaves appear on this medium-sized,
open-branched tree turning yellow in fall. Long panicles of fragrant flowers
are followed by papery, lantern-like pink to red blushed seed
pods. Moderate-growing
to 20-30’ high, 25-35’ wide. Full sun.
MAGNOLIA
acuminata
‘Elizabeth’
USDA 3-8
Elizabeth Magnolia
This magnolia is a cross between acuminata and
denudata. It has
pyramidal habit with tapering buds opening to display the clearest
primrose-yellow flowers. Blooms appear April to
mid-May. It is an
excellent tree for large property, golf courses, parks, estates or
naturalized areas, growing from 70-85’. Full sun.
grandiflora
‘Alta’ USDA
6-10
Alta Magnolia
Dense, upright columnar shrub with lustrous dark green
leaves with rusty brown beneath. Beautiful white blooms. Prefers well-drained soil
where moisture and nutrients are available. Grows 40-50’ tall, 15-25’
wide. Full
sun.
grandiflora ‘Bracken’s
Brown Beauty’
USDA 6-9
Bracken Magnolia
Compact and dense even in youth, small leathery lustrous
dark green leaves.
White flowers are about 6-6” in diameter with 2-3” long
fruits. Full
sun.
grandiflora ‘Claudia
Wannamaker’
USDA 6-9
Claudia Wannamaker Magnolia
The habit is an open, medium to broad pyramidal with dark
green leaves and rusty undersides. It reaches a height of
60-80’. Full
sun.
grandiflora ‘D. D.
Blanchard’
USDA 6-9
D. D. Blanchard Southern Magnolia
This pyramidal form tree has extremely large lustrous dark
green leaves and rich orangish-brown undersides adding to the
beauty. It is a dense branching evergreen when young spreading more
open with age making it an excellent specimen for a lawn or
parkway. It grows from
60-80’ tall with a 30-50’ spread. Evergreen. Full sun.
grandiflora
‘Green Giant’
USDA 6-9
Green Giant Southern Magnolia
A
large flowering majestic magnolia, looser than ‘D. D. Blancher’, it
has large flowers, large dark glossy green leaves with green
underside. 50-60’ height. Evergreen. Full
sun.
grandiflora ‘Little
Gem’ USDA
7-9
Dwarf Southern Magnolia
This is a dwarf evergreen Southern Magnolia with
smaller dark green
leaves with rusty-brown undersides. The foliage is very a compact
narrow form. It is a
heavy bloomer with white flowers appearing early and again late in
summer. Moderate grower reaching heights of 20-25’ and a width of
10-15 ft. Full
Sun.
liliiflora ‘Ann’
USDA 5-8
Ann
Magnolia
A
rounded tree but slightly more open than ‘Betty’. It has deep purple-red, 7-9 petal
blooms, blooming slightly earlier than ‘Betty’ mid to late
March. It reaches a
height of 8-10’ with a
width of 10’. Full
sun.
liliiflora
‘Jane’
USDA 5-8
Jane
Magnolia
This rounded shrubby plant has flowers that have a
reddish-purple outside and white inside. The flowers appear
April-May before leaves develop. It reaches a height of 8-12’ with
a similar spread. Full
sun.
x.‘Monland’ PP
#6178 USDA
6-9
Timeless Beauty Magnolia
Small evergreen tree which produces large fragrant white blooms for a
long season. It has a
broad crown, very upright and extremely dense branches. It makes a very nice accent
plant for the landscape. Slow growing 15-20’ Ht. 20-25’ width
plant. Full
sun.
x soulangiana
‘Alexandrina’
USDA 5-9
Alexander Magnolia
Vigorous growing large deciduous shrub or a small tree
producing tulip shaped blooms. The blooms are white inside,
purplish-pink outside against a beautiful green foliage. It is one
of the larger and earlier flowering Magnolias. Deciduous. Moderate grower to 20-25 feet
tall and wide, smaller as a shrub. Full sun.
stellata ‘Royal
Star’ USDA
4-9
Royal Star
Magnolia
Dark green foliage on upright densely branched shrubs in
youth, more rounded with age. Pink fragrant buds open to nearly
pure white tepals 3-4” in diameter. Grows 15-20’ high, 10-15’
wide. Prefers peaty,
organic-based soil, endures heat well. Full sun.
virginiana
USDA 5-9
Sweetbay Magnolia or
Swamp Magnolia
A
medium to fast growing, narrow leaf magnolia. The leaves
are dark green with a distinct silver beneath in summer. It produces creamy white lemon-scented
flowers 2-3” in diameter, 9-12 petals May-June. Requires acid soil and grows well
in wet and even swampy conditions. . Mature Ht. 20’ (in south) by
10-20’ width. Shade
tolerant.
virginiana
australis USDA 5-9
Evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia
This variety has more pubescent branches and petioles;
often larger, a more tree-like evergreen. It produces creamy white,
lemon-scented petals May-June.
METASEQUOIA
glyptostroboides
USDA 5-11
Dawn Redwood
Narrow pyramidal form with horizontal branches. Soft green fern-like
needles turn bronzy-pink to golden apricot in autumn. Fast growing to 70-80’ tall, 25’
wide. Full
sun.
MORUS
alba ‘Chaparral’
USDA
4-8
Weeping
Mulberry
Numerous cascading slender branches covered with bright
green leaves drape to the ground. This is a small deciduous tree,
very robust growing but produces no fruit. Trunk is 6-8’ tall with 8-12’
wide crown. A fast
growing tree usually grafted onto a standard. Full sun.
