Archives: Trees

Tea olives are some of the most sweetly fragrant plants in Southern gardens. Their scent makes them ideal for planting near windows and outdoor living areas where the fall blooming […]

Persian Parrotia (sometimes known as Ironwood) is a small, single trunk, deciduous tree eventually growing 20-40′ tall.  Apetulous flowers with dense, red stamens surrounded by brownish bracts appear in late […]

Colorado Spruce or Blue Spruce is an evergreen that is native to the western United States.  It is planted throughout the eastern United States as an ornamental.  The tree is […]

Japanese White Pine creates a striking landscape element.  Often seen as a dense, conical form when young, Japanese White Pine develops into a 25 to 50-foot-tall, graceful, irregularly shaped tree, […]

Eastern white pine is a rapid-growing, long-lived, needled evergreen tree that is native to the northeastern United States and Canada.   Although pyramidal in its early years, it matures to a […]

This fast growing tree feeds and shelters many birds, including the mourning dove and robin. The loblolly is distinguished from other pines by its three-needle clusters. The bark is dark […]

Virginia pine is not considered particularly attractive by many people, but it can be a popular Christmas tree species in the South. The gnarled, twisted trunk gives this tree a […]

The Sycamore is among the largest trees in the eastern United States, with the potential to reach 175 feet in height.  Both the trunk and the well-spaced, large, long limbs […]

One of the oldest and largest hardwood trees, the Eastern cottonwood is native to North America, growing throughout the eastern, central, and southwestern United States. It was a valuable resource […]

Plums are a diverse group of species. The commercially important plum trees are medium-sized, usually pruned to 18 feet height. The tree is of medium hardiness. Fruits are usually of […]