ACER palmatum (seedling) Green Leaf
Japanese Maple
Small round shaped tree. Leaves are green in the Spring and Summer months, then turn spectacular shades of orange and red in the Fall. Excellent specimen in the landscape.
Mature Height: 20’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Slow to medium
Foliage: Medium Green
Fall Color: Red-Orange
Hardiness: Zone 5-8
ACER rubrum ‘Drummondi’ (Red Maple)
One of the oldest of the Red Maple cultivars, is well adapted to the eastern and southeastern U.S. Nice Fall color and adapts well to moist or poorly drained soil.
Mature Height: 50’ x 40’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Medium Green with wooly white underside
Fall Color: Red-Orange
Hardiness: Zone 3-9
BUXUS mycrophylla Wintergreen Boxwood
Tough, durable, compact evergreen shrub. More cold tolerant than Japanese Boxwood with a more upright growing habit. Excellent choice for small hedges.
Mature Height: 3’x4’
Rate of Growth: Slow
Foliage: Glossy Deep Green
Hardiness: Zone 5-10
CAMELLIA sasanqua (Maiden Blush)
A very profuse bloomer, yielding a showy pink, single bloom flower.
Mature Height: 15’x10’
Rate of Growth: Slow to Moderate
Flower: Soft Pink
Hardiness: Zone 7-9
CRYPTOMERIA japonica ‘Yoshino’
Conical evergreen that may be used as a specimen or a screen. A great substitute for Leyland Cypress.
Mature Height: 50’x20’
Rate of Growth: Moderate
Foiiage: Bright Green
Hardiness: Zone 5-8
ILEX cornuta ‘Burfordi’ Holly (Limited)
Very durable, this glossy, dark green evergreen makes for a great large screening hedge, as well as a wonderful specimen in a multi-cane tree-form application, displaying a broad “umbrella” canopy.
Mature Height: 14’ x 18’
Rate of Growth: Moderate
Foliage: Glossy Dark Green
Fruit: Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
ILEX cornuta ‘Delcambre’ (Needlepoint Holly) (Sold Out)
Best used as a hedge or large screen, this glossy, dark green holly grows as wide as it does tall. A very profuse berry producer, this fine textured leaf holly flushes evenly, allowing for less trimming in informal applications, or it can be trimmed tightly to yield a formal hedge or specimen.
Mature Height: 14’ x 18’
Rate of Growth: Moderate
Foliage: Glossy Dark Green
Fruit: Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
ILEX x ‘Emily Bruner’ Holly
Dense pyramidal, glossy dark green leaf holly similar in growth habit and appearance to the ‘Nellie R Stevens,’ with the exception of a larger flat-shaped leaf.
Mature Height: 20’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Medium
Foliage: Dark Green
Fruit: Large Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 7-9
ILEX latifolia x ‘Mary Nell’ Holly
Recognized by its “serrated” leaf margins, this unique glossy, dark green holly maintains a very pyramidal shape along with its bright red berries in the fall.
Mature Height: 12’ x 14’
Rate of Growth: Slow
Foliage: Glossy Dark Green
Fruit: Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
ILEX opaca x ‘Eagleson’ Holly
Upright growing holly that can be distinguished from the ‘Savannah’ Holly by its smoother leaf margins, lighter berry set and broader growth habit. Makes a great street tree, screen, or specimen around pools or fountains where berries may not be desirable.
Mature Height: 25’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Light Green
Fruit: Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 7-9
ILEX hybrid ‘Magland’ (PP14417 Oakland ™) Holly
Upright, conical growth habit with a softer texture and light green color combined with bright red berries to provide an excellent specimen, or limited space, screening application.
Mature Height: 20′ x 8’
Rate of Growth: Moderate
Foliage: Medium Green
Fruit: Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
ILEX opaca x ‘Savannah’ Holly
Most popular large pyramidal evergreen with light green foliage and heavy berry set.
Mature Height: 25’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Light Green
Fruit: Bright Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 7-9
ILEX opaca x ‘Savannah’ Holly (STD)
Pyramidal evergreen with light green foliage and heavy berry set. Performs well in alkaline soils.
Mature Height: 25’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Light Green
Fruit: Bright Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 7-9
ILEX x ‘Nellie R Stevens’ Holly
One of the most popular pyramidal, dark green, hollies used in the southeast. An excellent choice for screening or specimen.
Mature Height: 20’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Moderate
Foliage: Dark Green
Fruit: Bright Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
ILEX vomitoria (Native Yaupon) Holly
A tough, durable, fine textured holly native to the southeast ranging from Florida to Oklahoma, the Yaupon can be used in a variety of soil types and climates and will thrive in sun or shade.
Mature Height: 20’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Moderate
Foliage: Dark Green
Fruit: Bright Red Berries
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
JUNIPERUS virginiana ‘Taylor’ Juniper (grafted)
A Nebraska Statewide Arboretum introduction of a more dense, upright form of Red Cedar. Grafted to the chinensis species of juniper for superior adaptability, this narrow columnar form compares to the Italian Cypress as a great choice for privacy screens or a dramatic vertical element in the landscape.
Mature Height: 20’ x 4’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Blue Green
Hardiness: Zone 3-9
LAGERSTROEMIA x ‘Muskogee’ Crape Myrtle
A National Arboretum hybrid, high in mildew resistance, broad and tall with some exfoliating bark.
Mature Height: 25’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Light Lavender
# Days in Bloom: 110
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
LAGERSTROEMIA x ‘Natchez’ Crape Myrtle
Best known for its profound exfoliating bark and copper tan trunk, underneath a snow white flower, this National Arboretum hybrid makes a tall, broad tree, high in mildew resistance.
Mature Height: 25’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: White
# Days in Bloom: 110
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
LAGERSTROEMIA x ‘Tuscarora’ Crape Myrtle
A more upright, broad vase shape Crape Myrtle, yielding a dark pink to light red bloom. Another National Arboretum hybrid selection high in mildew resistance.
Mature Height: 25’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Dark Pink/Light Red
# Days in Bloom: 70
Hardiness: Zone 6-9
LIGUSTRUM ‘Wax Leaf’ (Limited)
Fast growing broad evergreen. Leaves are glossy dark green and it is used for screening, as well as beautiful specimen tree-form applications.
Mature Height: 15’ x 12’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Dark Green
Flower Color: White
Hardiness: Zone 7b-10
LOROPETALUM chinense rubrum ‘Zhuzhou’ (multi)
A “must see to believe,” LaCroix Nursery, Inc. has been perfecting the cultural practices necessary to produce this spectacular specimen since 1997. When grown in our southeastern sandy-clay loam soil to produce adequate caliper, and trained and pruned at the proper time, the result is an extraordinary, “umbrella” type evergreen canopy resting on a multi-trunk pedestal that can only be described as “breathtaking” when in bloom.
Mature Height: 15’ x 10’
Rate of Growth: Moderate
Foliage: Burgundy
Flower Color: Dark Pink
Hardiness: Zone 7-9
MAGNOLIA grandiflora ‘Claudia Wannamaker’
Fast growing, large brown-back leaf, pyramidal shape with a strong central leader.
Mature Height: 60′ x 30′
Rate of Growth: Medium
Foliage: Medium Green
Hardiness: Zone 7-9
MAGNOLIA grandiflora ‘DD Blanchard’
Fast growing, large brown-back leaf, pyramidal shape with a strong central leader.
Mature Height: 60’ x 30’
Rate of Growth: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Hardiness: Zone 7-10
MAGNOLIA grandiflora ‘Lil Gem’
Slow growing, dark green, brown back cultivar. Profuse bloomer.
Mature Height: 30’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Slow
Flower Color: White
Hardiness: Zone 7-10
QUERCUS nuttallii (Nuttall Oak)
Vigorous, pyramidal growth habit, this Red Oak has excellent Fall color. Mistaken for Shumard Oak, this oak performs best in a slightly acid soil.
Mature Height: 80’ x 40’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Medium Green
Fall Color: Orange to Red-Orange
Hardiness: Zone 4-9
QUERCUS phellos (Willow Oak)
Native to the eastern and southeastern U.S., this upright, fine textured oak is an excellent choice as a street or fast-growing shade tree.
Mature Height: 80’ x 40’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Light Green
Fall Color: Yellow
Hardiness: Zone 5-8
QUERCUS virginiana (Live Oak)
Popular broad canopy, known for its strength and longevity, a “must have” as a shade tree in the south.
Mature Height: 60’ x 80’
Rate of Growth: Medium
Foliage: Dark Green
Hardiness: Zone 7-10
TAXODIUM distichum (Bald Cypress)
A deciduous conifer, displays a soft texture through its light green foliage in a cone-shaped form, contrasted against a soft, reddish-brown bark.
Mature Height: 80’ x 25’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Soft Medium Green
Fall Color: Coppery Bronze
Hardiness: Zone 5-10
THUJA plicata ‘Green Giant’ Western
Arborvitae (Limited)
Broad pyramidal conifer which makes an excellent screen. Good substitute for Leyland Cypress.
Mature Height: 30’ x 15’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Bright Green
Hardiness: Zone 3-9
TRACHYCARPUS fortunei ‘Windmill’ Palm
Evergreen Palm with dark green, fan-shaped leaves, and a trunk that appears to have a furry-like texture. The Windmill palm is considered to be one of the most “cold hardy” palms and is an excellent choice for a framing tree, accent, specimen or patio planting.
Mature Height: 40’ x 50’
Rate of Growth: Medium
Foliage: Hunter Green
Hardiness: Zone 8-11
ULMUS parvifolia ‘Drake Elm’
A Chinese elm cultivar, this species is noted for its superior dark green foliage and its exfoliating bark coupled with a fast-growing, broad canopy.
Mature Height: 60’ x 40’
Rate of Growth: Fast
Foliage: Dark Green
Fall Color: Pale Yellow/Orange
Hardiness: Zone 4-10
VITEX x agnus-castus ‘Shoal Creek’ Chaste Tree
Beautiful small multi-stemmed shrub with dark blue flowers and medium green foliage that bloom throughout the summer. Exhibits good drought tolerance once established.
Mature Height: 15’ x 10’
Rate of Growth: Medium to Fast
Foliage: Medium Green
Fall Color: Deep Blue
Hardiness: Zone 7-9
