(Pride of Bolivia, Rosewood)

Feathery bright bluish-green foliage and showers of sunny blooms make this semi-evergreen tree a popular choice for subtropical and warm desert gardens. It is best suited to regions with marked wet and dry seasons similar to those of its native central South America.

This broad, flat-topped, medium-sized tree bears compound leaves with numerous narrowly oval leaflets. The leaves are partially shed during dry periods. In spring and early summer, loose drooping clusters of small golden- or peachy-yellow...

(Poison Dogwood, Poison Elderberry, Poison Sumac, Swamp Sumac)

Beautiful to look at but toxic to the touch, poison sumac is notorious for the nasty skin rash that follows contact with any of its parts. This large upright deciduous shrub (or small tree) is native to swamps and other damp habitats in eastern and central North America.

Pinnately compound leaves with 7 to 13 glossy dark-green leaflets and pinkish petioles are alternately borne along the smooth, speckled branches of this hardy shrub. The leaflets have untoothed edges and pointed tips. The foliage...

(Chinese Tallow)

A small, poplar-like, often multi-stemmed deciduous tree from China and Taiwan, Chinese tallow has naturalized extensively in the Southeast United States, where it is considered a pest. Better known by its old name of Sapium sebiferum, it bears medium-green, rounded leaves with tapering pointed tips. The leaves are red-tinged in spring and turn bright orange, yellow, and red in fall. Wands of tiny yellow flowers appear at the branch tips in late spring, giving rise to fleshy popcorn-like...

(Ant Stick, Macaw, St. Mary's Stick)

Large leaves and intriguing flowers are protected by tropical stinging ants on the St. Mary's stick. Such a tree with a beneficial ant symbiosis is called a myrmecophyte. The ants live in the trunk and branch hollows. Ornamentally, St. Mary's stick displays violet-magenta violet "flowers" of beauty, but only on female plants. This evergreen forest tree is native to the West Indies and nearby Central America and northernmost South America. Fast growing, it appreciates heat and humidity. Overall, it's...

(Ant Tree, Long John)

A highly ornamental tree, long john displays colorful exfoliating bark and rosy violet blooms from winter to spring. This semi-evergreen rainforest tree is native from Panama to northern Peru. Fast growing, it grows best in heat and humidity. Mature trees are upright and narrow with oval crowns. This "ant tree" is a true myrmecophyte, meaning it's naturally inhabited and protected by stinging ants in its native habitat.

The large, oblong leaves are glossy green and deeply veined. The trees...

(Carolina Hemlock)

Carolina hemlock is an evergreen, cone-bearing tree with lax, spreading branches and twigs and short,narrow flattened leaves that point in all directions, making the texture of the tree shaggy. It is very tolerant of shade, especially when young, making it a good choice to start new trees in the shade of old trees that will eventually need replacing. It is native to rocky hillsides in a small area of the Appalachians from North Carolina to Georgia, but has proven to be sturdy in other locales and...

(Elm, Morton Glossy Elm, Triumph™ Elm)

Triumph™ is a deciduous elm tree raised at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, from a cross between Vanguard™ elm and Accolade™ elm. It grows rapidly into an upright, oval, symmetrical tree with lustrous, dark green foliage on gently arching branches. Triumph™ prefers full sun and humus-rich, well-drained soil. It shows excellent resistance to Dutch elm disease and other pests and diseases. It is well suited for planting along streets or on large properties.

(Accolade™ Elm, Elm, Morton Elm)

A hybrid of two Asian elm species, Accolade™ is a large deciduous tree introduced by the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. Its arching, vase-shaped habit is very reminiscent of the American elm. It has glossy, dark green foliage that changes to yellow in fall. Accolade™ prefers full sun and humus-rich, well-drained soil, and tolerates stressful conditions including pollution and drought. It shows excellent resistance to Dutch elm disease and other pests and diseases. It is well suited for planting...

(American Elm)

The American elm is a large deciduous tree native to eastern North America. Its arching spreading habit, handsome dark green foliage, and tolerance of city conditions made it the quintessential shade tree for the eastern United States before Dutch elm disease decimated it in the mid-1900s. Elm yellows is another disease that attacks American elms, often fatally. Several disease resistant forms of American elm have been introduced including 'Valley Forge', 'New Harmony', 'Princeton', and 'Independence'....

(American Elm, Augustine Elm)

The American elm is a large deciduous tree native to eastern North America. Its arching spreading habit, handsome dark green foliage, and tolerance of city conditions made it the quintessential shade tree for the eastern United States before Dutch elm disease decimated it in the mid-1900s. Elm yellows is another disease that attacks American elms, often fatally. Several disease resistant forms of American elm have been introduced including 'Valley Forge', 'New Harmony', 'Princeton', and 'Independence'....