Plant List 3 - Aggie Horticulture - Texas A&M University

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Rhus lanceolata Prairie Flameleaf Sumac • More refined than R. glabra • Excellent fall color • Bit less suckering than R. glabra, but it still can b be weedy d in i manicured settings • Tolerant of heat, drought, & limestone soils • A Texas native, probably useful in USDA z. 66-9 • Somewhat short short-lived, lived, needs well drained soils Sophora secundiflora Texas Mountain Laurel • Medium / large evergreen shrub / small tree • Sun to part shade, requires good drainage, z. 8 - 10, Texas native, best on alkaline soils Sambucus mexicana Mexican Elder • Small picturesque semi- evergreen tree, 15’-20’ 15’ 20’ • Picturesque thick contorted stems, spreading rounded crown, resembles big bonsai plant • Creamy white late winter to early summer flower clusters • Tends to grow late in autumn; poor fall acclimation can result in cold damage in USDA z. 8; short-lived; short lived; can become weedy; brittle wood • Intolerant of poor drainage, but needs water Ungnadia speciosa Mexican Buckeye • Large deciduous multi multi-trunk trunk shrub / small tree, 10’ - 12’ (30’) – Not a true Buckeye ( (Aesculus Aesculus spp spp.), .), called buckeye due to resemblance of seed to Aesculus spp., poisonous fruit • Interesting spring pink to rose flowers, overall effect resembles that of Cercis canadensis – Unfortunately may be concurrent with foliage emergence Sophora secundiflora Texas Mountain Laurel • Dark glossy green foliage, racemes of purple to pink pink-purple purple flowers, spring – Strong fragrance, grape bubble bubble-gum gum scent – Poisonous bright red seeds seeds, , used in crafts • Texas native, excellent heat & drought tolerance – Requires moderately good drainage • Good naturalizing plant, xeriscapes xeriscapes, , shrub s ub borders bo de s • Can be limbed up into small patio tree • Often has good yellow fall color Ungnadia speciosa Mexican Buckeye
Vauquelinia angustifolia Chisos Rosewood Rosewood • A medium shrub to small tree, 8’ to 12’ (20’) tall, hardy to USDA z. 7 – 9 ( (10) 10) • Handsome dark glossy evergreen leaves • Fragrant cyme cyme-like like clusters of small white flowers in late spring • Wi Wind d flutters fl tt leaves l • Extremely cold hardy, z. 2 – 9 (10) • Numerous problems, many common to most poplars; – Messy (leaves, fruit, twigs), weak wood, invasive roots, cankers, root rots, drop leaves in drought, weed problem Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood Vauquelinia angustifolia Chisos Rosewood • Very heat, wind, & drought tolerant, most any well drained soil, good West TX & SW US landscape shrub • Fireblight can be serious in humid climates • A medium size, 30’ to 50’, evergreen tree useful in USDA zones 8 - 11 • Initially a strongly upright, becoming spreading and rounded with time • Very tolerant of heat and drought, withstands some soil salts and some alkalinity, very handsome bark • Needs well drained soils, may have problems with excess rainfall/high RH • Source of commercial cork Quercus suber Cork Oak • Large native deciduous tree along stream/river courses • Irregular upright oval to vase- shaped crown composed of 3 or 4 main branches, very rapid growth rate • Coarse in leaf and winter habit, picturesque in native habitat, best left in large naturalized planting sites, 60’ - 80’ tall common, 100’ possible Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood Cupressaceae Cypress Family • A temperate to tropical gymnosperm family – 15 to 21 genera containing 100 to 125 species – Mostly trees, some shrubs, often resinous, coniferous, and evergreen – Scale Scale-like like to awl awl-like like leaves, often aromatic • Monoecious or dioecious dioecious; dioecious dioecious; ; – Males tiny yellow yellow-brown brown cones at branch tips – Females are persistent few few-valved valved woody cones or hard berries with waxy coatings • Important genera include: Calocedrus Calocedrus, , Chamaecyparis Chamaecyparis, , Cupressus Cupressus, , Juniperus Juniperus, , Platycladus Platycladus, , Thuja Thuja, , and Cupressocyparis
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