Cycas debaoensis (Multipinnate cycad)
Other names: Debao fern cycad
C. debaoensis is an upright, slow-growing, tender, evergreen perennial with a short, trunk-like stem bearing large, glossy, dark green, tripinnate leaves divided into numerous linear to narrowly lance-shaped leaflets. Narrowly conical, pale yellow-brown, cone-like inflorescence appear at the base of mature plants.
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4m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Other names: Hawaiian tree fern, Hapu'u
C. glaucum is a tender, evergreen, tree-like fern with an erect, hairy stem topped with ovate, bipinnate, mid-green fronds divided into lance-shaped segments.
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4m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Cyathea cooperi 'Brentwood' (Australian tree fern 'Brentwood')
Other names: Scaly tree fern 'Brentwood', Lacy tree fern 'Brentwood', Cooper's tree fern 'Brentwood', Alsophila australis 'Brentwood', Cyathea australis 'Brentwood'
'Brentwood' is a vigorous yet tender, evergreen tree fern with a single, slender stem bearing a terminal cluster of pinnate, mid-green fronds divided into linear or lance-shaped segments.
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6m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Sambucus nigra f. laciniata (Cut-leaved elder)
Other names: Fern-leaved elder, Parsley-leaved elder, Sambucus nigra 'Laciniata', Lace-leaved elder
S. nigra f. laciniata is a large, bushy, deciduous shrub with finely-dissected, fern-like, palmate, mid-green leaves and, in early summer, flattened panicles of small, scented, creamy-white flowers followed by round, glossy black fruit.
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5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Other names: Prairie acacia, White ball acacia, Fern acacia, Texas acacia, Whiteball acacia, Prairie guajillo, Texas prairie acacia, Shreve's prairie acacia, Prairie wattle, Chisos prairie acacia, Fernleaf acacia, Acaciella angustissima
A. angustissima is a rounded, thornless, deciduous shrub or small tree with bipinnate leaves divided into small, narrowly oblong, dark green leaves, folding at night or when touched. Spherical heads of creamy-white flowers from summer into autumn are followed by elongated, flat seed pods.
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5m max. spread |
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7m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Ferula communis (Giant fennel)
Other names: Meeting seed , Ferula communis 'Gigantea'
F. communis is a vigorous, upright, aromatic, deciduous perennial with pinnate leaves divided into linear, dark green segments and erect, branched stems bearing spherical umbels of small, golden-yellow flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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