(Fernleaf Jacaranda, Jacaranda)

Frilly and lacy foliage casts light shade and pastel lavender flowers appear in spring on the fernleaf jacaranda. Flower clusters often bloom before the leaves have fully emerged, which gives the flowers center stage. This species is native to the highland forests of North and Central South America, from Venezuela to Bolivia. It's a semi-evergreen to fully deciduous tropical tree that develops an open, irregular, somewhat domed canopy when mature.

Ferny foliage of medium green cover the branches...

(Caroba Jacaranda)

The branches of caroba jacaranda become laden with fantastic violet-blue flowers. The trumpet-shaped blooms are produced in airy clusters during the warm days of spring and summer, when the soil isn't too moist. Flowering occurs before the leaves have fully emerged giving the flowers center stage. This increasingly rare native of southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina is a semi-evergreen to fully deciduous tree that develops an open, rounded, sometimes irregular canopy when mature.

Ferny...

(Primrose Jasmine)

Primrose jasmine is an evergreen, rambling shrub that typically grows in a large mound. Originally from China, primrose jasmine has been long used in warm landscapes. The square stems are arching and cascade like a fountain. The leaves are bright green, lance to oblong-shaped and held in groups of pointed leaflets. The semi-double, primrose yellow flowers are trumpet to funnel-shaped, fragrant and most abundant in spring, though flowering occurs sporadically into summer.

Plant primrose jasmine...

(Dwarf Jasmine, Parker Jasmine)

Chances are you'd never guess this sprawling to mounding plant was a jasmine. Perhaps you'd think it was a late-blooming, prostrate forsythia! The dwarf or Parker jasmine is an evergreen shrub native to India. It's small leaves are trifoliate, comprising three oval leaflets. In springtime, a profusion of scentless yellow flowers cover the plant. Each flower is five petaled.

Grow the dwarf jasmine in full to partial sun in any soil that's well-drained and has fertility. It performs very nicely...

(Pink Jasmine)

Prized for its delightfully fragrant flowers, pink jasmine is a fast-growing evergreen vine native to China. It is a popular landscape or houseplant, and the aromatic oil of its flowers is extracted for perfume.

The long, twining stems of this ornamental are woody, angular and clothed with lush, green, feathery compound leaves. These are typically evergreen but may be semi-evergreen in cooler climates. Flowering is heaviest from late winter to spring but can occur sporadically throughout the...

(Arabian Jasmine)

Arabian jasmine has been cultivated since ancient times for its intensely fragrant, white flowers. Widespread in distribution, the species is thought to have originated in southern Asia and was probably brought by traders to the Middle East and other areas. Its blossoms are used in China to make jasmine tea, for fragrant leis in Hawaii and the Philippines, and in the manufacture of perfume. It is the national flower of both Indonesia and the Philippines.

The stems of this shrubby, evergreen,...

(Arabian Jasmine, Grand Duke of Tuscany Jasmine)

Arabian jasmine has been cultivated since ancient times for its intensely fragrant, white flowers. Widespread in distribution, this shrubby, evergreen climber is thought to have originated in southern Asia, and was probably brought by traders to the Middle East and other areas. Its blossoms are used in China to make jasmine tea, for fragrant leis in Hawaii and the Philippines, and in the manufacture of perfume. It is the national flower of both Indonesia and the Philippines.

The cultivar...

(Jatropha)

Jatropha comprises approximately 175 shrubs, trees, and herbaceous perennials, most native to tropical South America. They typically have small, brightly colored flowers, evergreen foliage, and succulent, latex producing stems.

Handsome leaves, often with finger-like lobes, are arranged alternately on the stem. Red, yellow, purple, or white flowers occur singly or in flat-topped clusters near or at the ends of branches. Plants bear both male and female flowers. The fruit is a capsule,...

(Peregrina)

Bearing showy clusters of starry bright red or pink flowers through much of the year, this broadleaf evergreen from Cuba and the West Indies is a popular greenhouse and patio plant. Its multiple stems eventually form a large shrub or small tree. The large shiny dark green leaves are variable in shape but usually three-lobed. They are bronze-tinged when young. Small inconspicuous purplish-green fruits are sometimes produced. Look for 'Compacta,' a slow-growing, prolifically flowering selection.

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(Butternut)

A fine hardwood tree, butternut is most revered for its fall crops of nuts with oil-rich, edible nutmeats that have a buttery texture and sweet flavor. It also has fine wood, which is hard, slow to rot and valued for furniture making and wood carving. This medium-sized deciduous tree is native to the northeastern quarter of the United States and the far southeastern section of Canada. It develops a broad crown comprised of upright, somewhat sparse branches and is slow growing.

Its compound foliage...