INTERN PLANT LIST - Trees common local name / ITIS* name family light bloom season water needs drought tolerant? xeriscaping? botanical name leaves/Native H W (ft.) bloom color salt tolerance hummers? butterflies? deer resistant? heat tolerant? aromatic? tree, deciduous Anacacho Orchid Tree / Texasplume Fabaceae full sun spring very low Bauhinia lunarioides deciduous / Texas 12 12 multiple small flowering tree, great in landscapes Buckeye, Mexican / Mexican Buckeye Sapindaceae sun-part sun spring very low Ungnadia speciosa deciduous / Coastal Bend 15 15 pink moderate not related to the Ohio or Yellow Buckeye Chinese Tallow / Tallowtree Euphorbiaceae sun-part sun spring Triadica sebifera deciduous / China 40 20 yellow some DO NOT PLANT. Alternative is Chinquapin Oak, Texas Gulf Coast invasive Orchid Tree Fabaceae full sun spring medium Bauhinia variegata deciduous / Asia 40 20 purple compact tree, brittle branches, rather messy leaves and litter Willow, Desert 'Bubba' / Desert Willow Bignoniaceae full sun spring-fall very low Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba' deciduous / Texas 15 15 pink some fast grower, great for xeriscaping, no seed pods tree, evergreen Bottlebrush / Bottlebrush Myrtaceae full sun spring-summer low-medium Callistemon rigidus evergreen / Australia 20 10 red moderate spectacular flowers, actually they're stamens Brazilian Pepper Anacardiaceae full sun spring medium Schinus terebinthifolius evergreen / Brazil 40 15 yellow some DO NOT PLANT. Alternative is Wax Myrtle, threat along Texas Gulf Coast Laurel, Texas Mountain / Mescal Bean Leguminosae sun-part sun spring low Sophora secundiflora evergreen / Texas 20 12 purple moderate purple/blue fragrant flowers, slow-growing, poisonous seeds Magnolia, Little Gem / not listed Magnoliaceae full sun spring-summer medium Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem' evergreen / hybrid 25 10 white more compact and uprigt than other southern Magnolias Wax Myrtle / Southern Bayberry Myricaceae sun and shade spring low Morella cerifera evergreen / Coastal Bend 20 15 yellow high prunes easily, low maintenance, seaside OK *ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System): A US government association whose goal is to create an easily accessible database. Page 1 of 1 Members include: USDA, FDA, NOAA, DOI, EPA, USGA, as well as the Smithsonian, NBII, Agri-Food Canada, and Biodiversidad Mexicana. Printed: 9/3/2014.