Texas Gardening » Trees http://www.texasgardeningtips.com Your guide to gardening in the Lone Star State. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:53:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2574 Native Trees for Texas Landscaping http://www.texasgardeningtips.com/plants-for-texas-gardens/trees/native-trees-for-texas-landscaping.htm http://www.texasgardeningtips.com/plants-for-texas-gardens/trees/native-trees-for-texas-landscaping.htm#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:22:50 +0000 kent http://69.39.232.84/~ecofrien/texasgardeningtips.com/2006/12/14/native-trees-for-texas-landscaping/

There are a huge number of trees native to Texas that will work great in your landscaping.

Below is a short list of some of our favorites. Benny Simpson also has an excellent website devoted to the native trees of Texas.

Tree Name
 USDA Hardiness Zone
Eastern Cottonwood 3
Sweet Acacia 8
Texas Madrone 7
Southern Magnolia 7
Smooth Alder 5
Sweet Magnolia 5
American Beech 4
Texas Buckeye 5
Eastern Red Cedar 3
Texas Cedar 6
Flowering Dogwood 5
Texas Ebony 9
Texas Elm 6
Gregg Ash, Fresno 7
Barberry Hawthorn 4
Black Hickory, Texas Hickory 5
Sugarberry, Texas Sugarberry 5
Great Leadtree, Mexican Leadtree 9
Box Elder 2
Mesquite, Honey Mesquite 6
Texas Mulberry 5
Southern Wax Myrtle 7
Emory Oak 7
Texas Red Oak 8
Retama, Jerusalem Thorn 8
Texas Palmetto 8
Texas Persimmon 7
Mexican Pinyon 5
Texas Walnut, Texas Black Walnut 7
Texas Redbud 6
Texas Pistache 8
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