Mexican Plum (Diospyros Texana) (Prunus Mexicana)

Texas Persimmon Mexican Plum (Diospyros texana) (Prunus Mexicana)

Height: 15-25 feet Height: 6-15 feet, rarely 30+ feet with ample water Trunk: Moderate to fast-growing, scaly bark Trunk: Single or multi-trunked, slow-growing, with sil- ver bark that flakes off in strips Leaves: Soft, oval-shaped with pointed tips Leaves: Small, waxy, oval, dark-green leaves Flowers: Fragrant, white blooms show up in early Flowers: Inconspicuous white flowers with a pleasant spring before leaves appear; attract bees and smell butterflies Fruit: Edible, bright green fruits ripen to black in the Fruit: Edible, pink-red plums, attract some bird species summer Methley Plum Fig: “Brown Turkey” (Prunus salicina var. ‘Methley’) (Ficus carica)

Height: 10-20 feet Height: Often kept -8 10ft through pruning, but to 20 feet if left alone Trunk: Often multi-trunked, with smooth, silver-gray Trunk: Single trunked, root suckers will not produce the same bark quality of fruit as the rest of the tree Leaves: Bright green with red stems Leaves: Wide-spreading branches with large, deeply Flowers: Showy and white, but short lived lobed leaves Fruit: Dark maroon to purple plums with red flesh that ripen Fruit: Purple brown, with thin, edible skin and sweet in early summer pink-brown flesh Red Oak Monterrey Oak/Mexican Oak (Quercus buckleyi x shumardii) (Quercus polymorpha)

Height: Up to 100+ feet Height: 50 feet

Trunk: Moderate to fast-growing, with attractive Trunk: Fast-growing with thick bark striped gray bark Leaves: Evergreen, new growth is pink-tinged before Leaves: Glossy, dark green, with beautiful turning dark green; thick and waxy texture, variable dark red fall color shape Fruit: Acorns, produced every 2-3 years Fruit: Acorns Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)

Height: Up to 60 feet Trunk: Slow-growing with shaggy, reddish-brown bark Leaves: Semi-evergreen, light-green, soft and feather -like needles

Fruit: Round, green cones Note: This water-loving tree likes to have its feet wet; plant on or near creeks, streams and rivers.