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Leaves: dark green changing to yellow or reddish purple in fall (deciduous) Flower: white, cream colored due to yellow stamens, May Responds to pruning. Tree or bush form. Thicker plant when grown in full sun. Moderately welldrained soils. Good performer in the Arboretum. Viburnum rufidulum Rusty blackhaw Height: 4 - 8 feet as a shrub, 8 - 20 feet as a tree Leaves: dark green changing to red in fall (deciduous) Buds are covered with a deep rich rusty brown pubescence, hence the name; excellent plant and should be used more widely. Bright white flowers in the spring and some genotypes have have great fall color. Part shade, moist soils.. Viburnum nitidum Witherod Height: 12' Leaves: lustrous green Flower: white in May, Semi-evergreen, lustrous green leaves, white flowers in May; responds to pruning by becoming dense. Needs more use. Viburnum nudum Possumhaw viburnum Height: 12' Leaves: Opposite, simple, variable. Flower: Off-white, dense, 4" across. Another full sun to part shade species. Moist soils. We have an outstanding plant in the bog in wet soil that has bright red leaves in the fall. CELASTRACEAE Euonymus americanus strawberry bush Height: 4 - 6 feet Leaves: dark green changing to yellow green in fall (evergreen) Flower: 5 petaled greenish purple, July-September
Goes unnoticed until September or October when the warty, scarlet capsules open to display orange seeds. From this character it gets it's other common name "hearts-a-burstin". Not susceptible to scale. We have a Dodd narrow-leafed and an "evergreen" selection. CUPRESSACEAE Taxodium distichum var. distichum Baldcypress Height: 100’ Foliage: needles in splay, fall foliage color variable This deciduous conifer should be planted everywhere. Name a tree that lives thousands of years, is relatively free of insects and diseases, produces valuable lumber, can live in water, is tolerant of drought when it’s well established, lets the light in during the winter when you need it. Puts on a cloak of green in the summer when you need it more. Knees can be a nuisance. Central Texas Taxodiums are less like to push knees. There are many varieties but they are hard to find. ‘Cascade Falls’ is a dramatic weeper. SFA is home to about as many Taxodium genotypes as anywhere in the world. Taxodium distichum var. Imbricarium is Pondcypress and is generally considered native to SE Louisiana and states east of that. There is a magnificent in-the-swamp Pondcypress in SE Texas at Shangrla Botanical Gardens. CYRILLACEAE Cyrilla racemiflora Swamp Cyrilla - TiTi Height: 10 - 25 feet Leaves: dark green above, bright green below changing to orange in fall (persistent) Flower: striking white 6" inflorescence, June-July Also known as titi, a beautiful shrub for foliage and spider-like flowers, can be grown from zone 6 south, belongs in a naturalistic wetland setting. Full sun; attractive to bees. FAGACEAE Quercus alba White oak Height: 50 - 80 feet Leaves: grayish pink when unfolding, then turning dark green changing to red or wine colored in fall (deciduous). Doubtful for high use due to slow growth, and difficulty in transplanting; however, this is a majestic and worthwhile tree for large areas. Long-lived. Quercus incana Bluejack oak Height: 12 - 30 feet Leaves: grayish green above, white below (deciduous) Landscape Value: small, nicely shaped tree for poor sandy sites.
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