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The Facts Height: 30′ – 50′ Spread: 20′ – 30′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast The bluest of the deodars, Sanders Blue is a true contrast to its cousins. With fresh powdery blue foliage darkening with maturity; displaying the newer foliage nicely. Sanders Blue stands out elegantly from those of its kind. A grand spreading tree with a broad habit of growth, pendulous branches bear bright silvery blue needles; best used for its majes

The Facts Height: 40′ – 50′ Spread: 30′ – 40′ Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast ‘October Glory’ is a female cultivar that, as the cultivar name suggests, is perhaps best noted for its exceptional fall color. It grows with an oval rounded form. Attractive red flowers appear in early spring before the foliage emerges. Flowers give way to red-tinged samaras (to 1 1/2” long). Glossy dark green leaves with red stems have 3-5 lobes

The Facts Height: 60′ – 70′ Spread: 30′ – 40′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Moderate Bald Cypress trees are common sights in the landscape and frequently sought after. The Frio River originates from just that, the Frio River not quite 90 miles west of San Antonio, TX. Like its cousin, the Frio is found along river banks and often in the river itself. Its broadly pyramidal shape lends to its beauty. The striking, almost lime green color of its ne

The Facts Height: 60′ Spread: 45′ Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade Water: Dry to Medium. Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast This tree is truly something special to behold. Its adaptability and beautiful upright stature make for a gorgeous display in any home. It carries a strong central trunk that leads its growth into an upright pyramidal form. The trees branches grow quite dense, giving a particularly full look that adds to it beauty. At an early age it d

The Facts Height: 30′ – 40′ Spread: 25′ – 35′ Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade Water: Medium to Wet Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast Betula nigra, commonly called river birch, is a vigorous, fast-growing, medium-sized, Missouri native deciduous tree which occurs on floodplains, swampy bottomlands and along streams throughout the state. In cultivation, it can be trained as either a single trunk or multi-trunked tree. As a single trunk tree, it develops a

The Facts Height: 50′ Spread: 10′ – 12′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium to Wet Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast Here is a relatively new variety of Pond cypress that is a study in contrast. There are few trees as tough as a pond cypress. They can withstand drought, total immersion, deep hard winter and endless sweltering summers. Few conifers have such delicate, feathery foliage. These ‘needles’ practically beg for a caressing touch and the Po

The Facts Height: 15′ – 25′ Spread: 8′ – 12′ Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade Water: Medium. Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast These hollies are among the most popular for their rapid growth rate (alomst 3 ft. per year), their deep green foliage and constant berry production. Because of its continual berry display, it provides interest in any landscape year-round. It can also be trained to grow as a small tree, providing a different look that is perfect for specimen planti

The Facts Height: 40′ – 60′ Spread: 20′ – 30′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Moderate Like any deodar, this evergreen is native to the Himalayan region. Its name derives from the man who returned with and cultivated it from Afghanistan in the 1970’s. Cedrus deodora ‘Karl Fuchs’, is a graceful cedar that has a pyramid shape and long, stiff distinctly blue needles with barrel-shaped cones. It is an extremely hardy cedar and known for its splendid b

The Facts Height: 30′ – 40′ Spread: 30′ – 40′ Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade Water: Dry to Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast Golden raintree is a small, open-branching, irregularly-shaped, deciduous tree with a rounded crown. Features pinnate or bipinnate, feathery, compound leaves (to 18” long), each leaf having 7-17 irregularly lobed leaflets. Leaves emerge pinkish bronze to purplish in spring, mature to a bright green in summer and turn yellow (quality varia