TREES

🌱 Improving Your Soil Healthy soil = healthy plants. It’s the foundation of gardening success. ✅ Better watering & fertilizing ✅ Stronger plants & bigger blooms ✅ Ongoing investment in your garden 🔍 Why Test Soil? Soil testing is the first step to improving your garden. A soil test will: 🧱 Identify soil type (clay, sandy, etc.) 🌿 Reveal nutrient or micronutrient deficiencies ⚖️ Pinpoint soil pH (acidic or alkaline) 📍 Soil testing available at: Oklahoma County Extension

Plant Selection Choose your tree or shrub based on your landscape needs, like flowering, evergreen, screening, hedge, shade or border. Be sure to consider the ultimate size of each plant – which tends to be different in Oklahoma than what you’ll read on a generic label. Speak with a TLC Expert for guidance in selecting the proper tree for your location. Call OKIE Call OKIE at 811 to have your utility lines marked before planting. This service is free of charge, but takes 48 h

The Facts Height: 40′ – 50’ Spread: 20′ – 30′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium to Wet Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Slow The Wildfire Blackgum bursts to life each spring with bright red foliage followed by clusters of white blooms that provide an excellent source of nectar for pollinators and birds. These blooms give way to dark blue fruits that, while edible, are very sour and usually left to the birds. The dark green summer foliage turns to shades of scarlet

The Facts Height: 30′ – 40’’ Spread: 30′ – 35′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Wet to Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast Often called ‘The Graceful Giant’, the Weeping Willow is an old favorite beloved by many. Its open crown of wispy, ground-sweeping branches and long, slender leaves are a sight to behold. The tree’s yellow twigs and green foliage appear early in the season, often used as an indicator to the beginning of spring. Yellow flowers appear on short catkins i

The Facts Height: 8′ – 10′ Spread: 5′ – 8′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast Vitex is a grand beauty throughout the Oklahoma landscape. One of the more attractive qualities is its versatile use. It can be kept in a more compact form as a shrub, trained as a single trunk tree or a stately multi-trunk tree. It makes a rather stunning addition to any yard or garden bed as it features aromatic, compound, palmate, grayish-green leaves with 5-7 lanc

The Facts Height: 50′ – 60′ Spread: 50′ – 60′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium to Wet Soil: Average Growth Rate: Moderate The Swamp White Oak is a regal variety. Its vast, grand and stately presence give and aire of elegance to the landscape. An old-fashioned appearance gently acknowledges memories of childhood summers sitting beneath a shade tree. This oak sports a broad, rounded crown and a short trunk. Leaves are dark, shiny green above and silvery white ben