Prunus Subhirtella

North Carolina Cooperative NC STATE UNIVERSITY Extension SMALL TREES – 10’ to 30’ Tall Recommended for Coastal Southeast Landscapes Brunswick County Cooperative Extension Ornamental Fact Sheet #2 Underlined plants are extremely drought-tolerant once established *Indicates a plant native to SE USA

DECIDUOUS TREES Water Height/ Common Use Recommended Flowers/Fruit/ Spread Growth Name Botanical Name Zone Varieties Fall Color (ft) Rate Soil Exposure Yellow and Moist to Southern Sugar 20-25/ Sun to Light Acer barbatum 1,2,3 Orange Fall Medium Well Maple* 15-20 Shade Color Drained Yellow, Orange Acer 20-25/ Well Trident Maple 1,2,3 and Red Fall Medium Sun buergerianum 10-15 Drained Color 15-25/ Well Sun to Part Japanese Maple Acer palmatum 1,2 Many Available Red Fall Color Slow 10-20 Drained Shade Moist to Red flowers in 10-20/ Sun to Part Red Buckeye* Aesculus pavia 1,2 Slow Well Spring 10-15 Shade Drained White flowers in Moist to Amelanchier ‘Autumn Spring, 20-25/ Sun to Part Serviceberry* 1,2 Medium Well arborea Brilliance’ Orange Fall 10-15 Shade Drained Color Moist to Edible Fruit in 15-20/ Sun to Part Pawpaw* Asimina triloba 1,2 Medium Well Fall 10-15 Shade Drained Wet to Carpinus 20-30/ Sun to Part Ironwood* 1,2 Interesting Bark Slow Well caroliniana 15-25 Shade Drained ‘Forest Pansy’ Purple or White Moist to Cercis 20-30/ Sun to Part Redbud* 1,2,3 ‘Texas White’ Flowers in Medium Well canadensis 20-25 Shade ‘Oklahoma’ Spring Drained Chionanthus White Flowers in 15-25/ Well Sun to Part Chinese Fringetree 1,2,3 Slow retusus Spring 15-25 Drained Shade Moist to Chionanthus White Flowers in 10-20/ Slow to Sun to Part Fringe Tree* 1,2 Well virginicus Spring 15-20 Medium Shade Drained ‘Cloud 9’ White or ‘Cherokee PinkFlowers in Moist to Flowering 15-25/ Slow to Sun to Part Cornus florida 1,2 Chief’ Spring, Well Dogwood* 10-20 Medium Shade ‘Cherokee Burgundy Fall Drained Princess’ Color Underlined plants areSMALL extremely drought-tolerant TREES once – established 10’ to *Indicates30’ Tall a plant native to SE USA Recommended for Coastal Southeast Landscapes DECIDUOUS TREES Brunswick County Cooperative Extension North Carolina Ornamental CooperativeNC STATE Fact SheetUNIVERSITY #2 Extension Deciduous Trees— continued Water Height/ Common Use Recommended Flowers/Fruit/ Spread Growth Name Botanical Name Zone Varieties Fall Color (ft) Rate Soil Exposure White Flowers in 20-30/ Slow to Well Sun to Light Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa 1,2 Spring 20-30 Medium Drained Shade White Flowers in Moist to Washington Crataegus Spring, Red 25-30/ Sun to Light 1,2,3 Medium Well Hawthorn* phaenopyrum Fruit in Fall, 20-25 Shade Drained Thorny Moist to Carolina Halesia White Flowers in 20-30/ Sun to Part 1,2,3 Medium Well Silverbell* tetraptera Spring 15-20 Shade Drained Moist to ‘Warren’s Red’ Red berries in 15-20/ Sun to Light Possumhaw* Ilex decidua 1,2,3 Medium Well ‘Council Fire’ Fall and Winter 10-15 Shade Drained Many Available Flowers in 15-30/ Lagerstroemia —Hybrid summer, color 10-25 Well Crape Myrtle 1,2,3 Fast Sun hybrids varieties are depending on Depending Drained preferable variety. on Variety White or Pink Magnolia 15-20/ Well Sun to Light Star Magnolia 1,2,3 Flowers in Slow stellata 10-15 Drained Shade Spring Magnolia x Pink Flowers in 20-30/ Well Sun to Light Saucer Magnolia 1,2,3 Medium soulangiana Spring 15-25 Drained Shade White Flowers in Oxydendrum 25-30/ Well Sun to Part Sourwood* 1,2,3 Summer, Red Slow arboreum 15-20 Drained Shade Fall Color ‘Okame’ Cherry Prunus Pink Flowers in 20-30/ Well Sun to Light ‘Dreamcatcher’ campanulata 1,2,3 Medium Spring 15-20 Drained Shade Cherry hybrids ‘Kobai’ Pink,Red, or Japanese 15-25/ Well Sun to Light Prunus mume 1,2 ‘Peggy Clarke’ White Flowers in Medium Flowering Apricot 15-25 Drained Shade Winter Japanese Prunus Pink Flowers in 20-30/ Well Sun to Light 1,2 ‘Kwanzan’ Medium Flowering Cherry serrulata Spring 20-30 Drained Shade Prunus subhirtell Pink Flowers in 20-30/ Well Sun to Light Higan Cherry 1,2 ‘Autumnalis’ Medium a Spring and Fall 15-25 Drained Shade

Light Pink Prunus x 15-25/ Well Sun to Light Yoshino Cherry 1,2 Flowers in Medium yedoensis 15-25 Drained Shade Spring ‘Emerald Styrax W or P Flowers 20-30/ Well Sun to Part Japanese Snowbell 1,2 Pagoda’ Medium japonicus in Spring 20-30 Drained Shade ‘Pink Chimes’ White Flowers in Moist to Blackhaw Viburnum Spring, Edible 10-20/ Sun to Part 1,2 Medium Well Viburnum* prunifolium Black Fruit in 10-15 Shade Drained Fall Pink, or Vitex Lavender-Blue 15-20/ Well Chastetree 1,2,3 ‘Shoal Creek’ Medium Sun agnus-castus Flowers in 10-15 Drained Summer EVERGREEN TREES

Water Height/ Common Botanical Use Recommended Flowers/Fruit/ Spread Growth Name Name Zone Varieties Fall Color (ft) Rate Soil Exposure Fragrant White Eriobotrya Flowers in Fall. 15-20/ Well Sun to Light Loquat 1,2,3 Medium japonica Edible Fruit in 15-20 Drained Shade Spring Red Berries in 20-25/ Well Sun to Part Lusterleaf Holly Ilex latifolia 1,2,3 Medium Fall/Winter 15-20 Drained Shade Moist to Red Berries in 20-30/ Sun to Part American Holly* Ilex opaca 1,2,3 Slow Well Fall/Winter 15-20 Shade Drained ‘Hoskin’s Red,Orange,or Shadow’ 15-20/ Medium Moist to Sun to Light Yaupon* Ilex vomitoria 1,2,3 Yellow Berries in ‘Kathy Ann’ 10-15 to Fast Xeric Shade Fall/Winter ‘Katherine’ ‘Savannah’ Moist to Ilex x ‘Fosters #2’ Red Berries in 20-30/ Sun to Part Topel Holly* 1,2,3 Medium Well attenuata ‘East Palatka’ Fall/Winter 10-15 Shade Drained ‘Greenleaf’ Moist to ‘ Nellie Stevens’ Ilex x 'Nellie Red Berries in 15-25/ Sun to Part 1,2,3 Medium Well Holly R. Stevens' Fall/Winter 10-15 Shade Drained ‘Oakleaf’ ‘Cardinal’ Moist to Maroon new 10-15/ Sun to Part Red Holly Ilex sp. 1,2,3 ‘Robin’ Medium Well growth 8-10 Shade ‘Liberty’ Drained ‘Patriot’ Magnolia Fragrant White Moist to ‘Little Gem’ 20-25/ Slow to Sun to Part grandiflora 1,2,3 Flowers in Well Magnolia* 10-15 Medium Shade ‘Little Gem’ Summer Drained Fragrant White Moist to Magnolia 20-30/ Medium Sun to Part Sweet Bay* 1,2 Flowers in Well virginiana 10-20 to Fast Shade Spring Drained Blue-Black Myrica Berries on 10-20/ Moist to Sun to Light Waxmyrtle* 1,2,3 Fast cerifera Female Plants in 10-20 Xeric Shade Winter Well Carolina Prunus White Flowers in 20-30/ Sun to Light 1,2,3 Fast Drained Cherrylaurel* caroliniana Spring 15-20 Shade to Xeric ‘Aztec Fire’ Moist to Illicium ‘Halley’s Comet’ Maroon or light 10-15/ Medium Florida Anise Tree 1,2,3 Well- Shade floridanum ‘Shady Lady’ pink flowers 10-15 to Fast Drained (variegated) Insignificant Moist to Illicium 10-15/ Sun to Part Anise Tree* 1,2,3 Flowers in Fast Well parviflorum 10-15 Shade Spring Drained Moist to White Flowers in 10-30/ Sun to Part Palmetto Palm* Sabal palmetto 1,2,3 Slow Well Summer 10-15 Shade Drained Recommended Varieties For many plants, recommended varieties are given. These are selections of that plant that either perform better in our area or are more suitable to landscape use than the plain species. Plant varieties, also known as cultivars, are listed enclosed in single quotes.

Native Plants* A plant native to SE USA implies a plant endemic to the Southeastern portion of the United States, from Virginia to Eastern Texas.

Water Use Zones Water Use Zones indicate the water needs of various plants and correspond to the following NCCE publications: Water Wise Use in Landscaping o http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/bae/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_1.html How to Plan and Design a Water Wise Use Landscape o http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/bae/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_2.html

Drought Tolerant Plants Extremely drought tolerant plants are marked with an underline. When planted in their preferred soil type, these plants are able to withstand extended periods of drought, 4-6 weeks, without supplemental irrigation once established. Most trees and shrubs take two to three seasons to become fully established. Perennials, grasses and groundcovers usually require one to two seasons to become established.

Exposure Exposure refers to the amount of sunlight a site receives as follows: o Full sun indicates a site that receives at least 8hrs of direct sun each day. o Light Shade indicates a site that is shaded less than half of the day by a light high shade such as that cast by pine trees. o Part Shade indicates a site that is shaded for half the day by a dense shade such as that cast by buildings or shade trees. o Full Shade indicates a site that is in shade all day.

Soil Soil refers to soil condition at the site as follows: o Wet indicates a site that stays moist most of the time and receives periodic flooding. o Moist indicates a site that is moist most of the time with brief (less than 12hrs) periods of standing water. o Well Drained indicates a site where water drains from the surface and rarely stands. o Xeric indicates a site that is extremely dry and sandy with very little ability to hold water.

Prepared by: Charlotte Glen, Horticulture Agent North Carolina Cooperative Extension – Pender County Center

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