(Papershell Pecan, Sumner Pecan)

Though primarily known for its sweet pecans, this large deciduous tree also has ornamental virtues such as attractive compound leaves and a straight, furrowed, gray-brown to brown-black trunk. The cultivar 'Sumner' produces sizable crops of large nuts late in the pecan season, about 2 weeks after 'Stuart'. Resistant to scab, it performs well throughout the southeastern United States.

Trees generally take from 15 to 20-years before they are fruit-bearing. Harvest takes place very late in the fall...

(Papershell Pecan, Tejas Pecan)

Though primarily known for its sweet pecans, this large deciduous tree also has ornamental virtues such as attractive compound leaves and a straight, furrowed, gray-brown to brown-black trunk. The cultivar 'Tejas' bears prolific crops of small pecans at a relatively young age, with heaviest production in alternate years. It is susceptible to scab.

Harvest takes place very late in the fall season, and the larger the tree the more prolific its nut production. Pecans have smooth, woody, oblong shells...

(Papershell Pecan, Western Schley Pecan)

The most widely planted pecan in the southwestern United States, 'Western Schley' produces an abundance of small pecans at a relatively young age. It performs poorly in humid-summer regions such as the southeastern United States. Though primarily known for its sweet pecans, this large deciduous tree also has ornamental virtues such as attractive compound leaves and a straight, furrowed, gray-brown to brown-black trunk.

Harvest takes place very late in the fall season, and the larger the tree...

(Papershell Pecan, Wichita Pecan)

Although primarily known for its sweet nuts, this large deciduous tree from central North America also has ornamental virtues such as attractive compound leaves and a straight, furrowed, reddish brown trunk. One of the most successful and widely planted pecans in the Southwest U.S., 'Wichita' bears prolific midseason crops at a relatively young age. It performs well in the South-Central and Southwest U.S., but has done poorly in the Southeast.

Pecan likes full sun and acid, well drained soil....

(Papershell Pecan, Pecan)

Cultivars in this series are variable in their pecan production.

Pecan is a deciduous tree that grows to be very large. It is the state tree of Texas, and is naturally distributed from the Midwest to south-central United States and into Mexico. This tree has attractive furrowed bark that turns reddish brown over time. Pecans are grown as shade trees and for their nut production.

(Silver Cassia)

Silvery blue-green foliage and yellow buttercup-shaped flowers that appear in late winter are best ornamental features of the silver cassia. This fast-growing evergreen shrub is native to arid central Australia. It is exceptionally tolerant of dry soil, heat, frosts and hot sunlight. It looks like an acacia, but the five-petaled flowers reveal its inclusion in the genus Cassia. Silver cassia attains a wispy-looking rounded to upright, v-shaped habit.

To conserve moisture in its hot,...

(Giant Red Indian Paintbrush)

Tall in stature, meadow paintbrush brings upright tufted clusters of orange-red to pinkish red flowers from spring to fall. A semi-evergreen perennial native to the wetlands of western North America (no further east than the Rocky Mountains), it is also called the giant red Indian paintbrush.

The lance-shaped leaves are medium to dark green and overall are fine in texture upon the tall, wispy stems. Beginning in late spring, the stem tips bear a cluster of showy bracts (modified leaves) that...

(Northern Catalpa)

Northern catalpa is a deciduous tree with an irregular to oval form. It is native to a small area in an interior south-central region of the United States. Leaves are medium to dark green and heart-shaped. This catalpa bears fragrant white flowers with yellow and purple markings in spring. These produce long, bean-like fruit pods.

Northern catalpa prefers moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade but tolerates hot, dry conditions.

(Hybrid Periwinkle, Hybrid Vinca, Kitajima Angel TuTu Vinca, Seedless Vinca)

Delighting with impatiens-like flowers atop a tough, heat and drought tolerant, low maintenance plant, the sterile (not producing seeds) 'Kitajima Angel Tutu' has ruffled white-edged pink blossoms. A tropical evergreen shrub that is popularly grown as a tender annual, this is a compact sterile selection developed in Japan and now licensed by and being distributed by PlantHaven, Inc.; it is only made through cuttings.

It blooms continuously and bears showy, radial, five-petaled blooms of pink...

(Hybrid Periwinkle, Pink Angel Tutu Vinca, Seedless Vinca)

Delighting with impatiens-like flowers atop a tough, heat and drought tolerant, low maintenance plant, the sterile (not producing seeds) Pink Angel Tutu vinca has ruffled rosy pink blossoms. A tropical evergreen shrub that is popularly grown as a tender annual, this is a compact sterile selection was developed in Japan and now licensed by and being distributed by PlantHaven, Inc.; it is only made through cuttings.

It blooms continuously and bears showy, radial, five-petaled blooms of rich rosy...