American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Type: Shrub
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 1
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 4 to 6 ft.
Spread: 5 to 7 ft.
Season of Bloom: June
Bloom Color: Pink
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Type: Fruiting Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 20 to 30 ft.
Spread: 20 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Harvest:
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Arizona Cypress
Cupressus arizonica
Type: Shade Tree
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 40 ft.
Spread: 20 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Type: Shade Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 2
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium - High
Soil: Well Drained - Boggy
Height: 80 ft.
Spread: 50 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana
Type: Ornamental Tree
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 15 to 20 ft.
Spread: 8 to 15 ft.
Season of Bloom: March
Bloom Color: White
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
Chinese Photina
Photinia serrulata
Type: Shrub
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 10 to 15 ft.
Spread: 10 to 15 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color: White
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Columbine
Aquilegia sp.
Type: Perennial
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
AHS Heat Zone: 9 to 3
Light: Full Shade - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Spread: 2 ft.
Season of Bloom: March to May
Bloom Color: Yellow - Red
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies
Desert Willow
Dwarf Wax Myrtle
Myrica pusilla
Type: Shrub
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained - Moderate - Poor
Height: 3 to 4 ft.
Spread: 4 to 5 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles japonica
Type: Shrub
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 1
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 3 ft.
Spread: 3 to 4 ft.
Season of Bloom: February to March
Bloom Color: Red - Pink - White - Apricot - Orange
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Leatherleaf Mahonia
Mahonia bealeii
Type: Shrub
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 1
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Shade - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 5 to 6 ft.
Spread: 3 to 4 ft.
Season of Bloom: March
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Mexican Mint Marigold
Tagetes lucida
Type: Perennial
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 1/2 to 3 ft.
Spread: 2 ft.
Season of Bloom: September to November
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Standard Nandina
Nandina domestica
Type: Shrub
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 6 to 7 ft.
Spread: 5 to 6 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Type: Ornamental Tree
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained - Moderate - Poor
Height: 15 to 20 ft.
Spread: 10 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia sp.
Type: Perennial
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4
AHS Heat Zone: 9 to 2
Light: Full Sun
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Spread: 1 ft.
Season of Bloom: June to September
Bloom Color: Golden Yellow
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies
Boston Ivy
Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Type: Vine
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 1
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Moderate
Height: 15 to 18 ft.
Spread: 8 to 10 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Carolina Buckthorn
Rhamnus caroliniana
Type: Ornamental Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Partial Shade - Full Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 12 to 15 ft.
Spread: 12 to 15 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia
Type: Shade Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 1
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained - Moderate
Height: 80 ft.
Spread: 60 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
Chitalpa
Chilopsis catalpa
Type: Ornamental Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 25 to 30 ft.
Spread: 20 ft.
Season of Bloom: May to September
Bloom Color: Pink
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus pungens 'Fruitlandii'
Type: Shrub
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 8 to 10 ft.
Spread: 8 to 10 ft.
Season of Bloom: September
Bloom Color: White
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Evergreen Sumac
Rhus virens
Type: Shrub
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 8 to 12 ft.
Spread: 6 ft.
Season of Bloom: August
Bloom Color: White
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
Glossy Abelia
Abelia x grandiflora
Type: Shrub
Evergreen
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
AHS Heat Zone: 12 to 6
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained - Moderate
Height: 6 ft.
Spread: 6 ft.
Season of Bloom: June to October
Bloom Color: Pink - White
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: BIrds - Butterflies - Hummingbirds
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Type: Perennial
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4
AHS Heat Zone: 12 to 1
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 2 ft.
Spread: 2 ft.
Season of Bloom: March to July
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies
Nana Coreopsis
Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana'
Type: Perennial
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone:
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 6 to 8 in.
Spread: 6 to 8 in.
Season of Bloom: Spring - Summer
Bloom Color: Bright Orange/Yellow
Native:
Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies
Possumhaw Holly
Ilex decidua
Type: Ornamental Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4
AHS Heat Zone: 9 to 3
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 15 ft.
Spread: 10 ft.
Season of Bloom: April
Bloom Color: White
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum
Type: Ornamental Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
AHS Heat Zone: 8 to 1
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 20 ft.
Spread: 20 ft.
Season of Bloom: April
Bloom Color: White
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies
Texas Ash
Fraxinus texensis
Type: Shade Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 50 ft.
Spread: 40 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Native
Wildlife Value: Birds
Texas Red Oak
Quercus texana
Type: Shade Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone:
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 50 ft.
Spread: 50 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Native
Wildlife Value:
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Type: Vine
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 1
AHS Heat Zone:
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low - Medium
Soil: Moderate
Height: 12 to 15 ft.
Spread: 8 to 10 ft.
Season of Bloom:
Bloom Color:
Native: Adapted
Wildlife Value: Birds
Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus sp. (C. phaenopyrum)
Type: Ornamental Tree
Deciduous
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
AHS Heat Zone: 8 to 1
Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade
Water Usage: Low
Soil: Well Drained
Height: 20 to 25 ft.
Spread: 15 ft.
Season of Bloom: March
Bloom Color: White
Native: Natives
Wildlife Value: Birds - Butterflies