Caryota urens (Bastard sago palm)
Other names: East Indian wine palm, Jaggery palm, Kitul tree, Kittool, Sugar palm , Toddy palm , Wine palm , Sago palm
C. urens is a vigorous yet tender, single-stemmed palm with arching, broadly linear, bipinnate leaves divided into wedge-shaped, dark green leaflets and, at the tree's maturity, panicles of cream flowers in summer. Flowers are followed by spherical, red fruit.
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10m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Sabal 'Riverside' (Hybrid sabal palm 'Riverside')
Other names: Riverside palm
'Riverside' is a large, borderline hardy, evergreen, tree-like palm with a columnar trunk, cross-hatched with the angled, wedge-shaped petiole bases of fallen leaves and topped with fan-shaped, blue-green leaves divided into numerous, narrowly sword-shaped lobes. Long panicles of cream flowers bloom in summer.
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7m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Cryptomeria japonica 'Sekkan-sugi' (Japanese cedar 'Sekkan-sugi')
'Sekkan-sugi' is a moderately slow-growing, conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with soft, spirally-arranged, awl-shaped leaves, creamy yellow when young, dark green when mature, and bronze to yellow-greed in winter.
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8m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Prunus sargentii 'Charles Sargent' (Sargent's cherry 'Charles Sargent' )
'Charles Sargent' is a rounded, deciduous tree with elliptic, tapered, dark green leaves, bronze to bronze-red when young, turning bright orange-red in autumn, and bowl-shaped, pink flowers in mid-spring followed by glossy, cherry-like, crimson fruit.
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8m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Camellia japonica 'Lavinia Maggi' (Camellia 'Lavinia Maggi')
Other names: Camellia japonica 'Contessa Lavinia Maggi'
'Lavinia Maggi' is a mid-sized, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark-green leaves. It bears white flowers with red and pink stripes in spring.
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8m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Pachycereus pringlei (Mexican giant cactus)
Other names: Mexican giant cardon, Elephant cactus, Sagueso, Sahuaso, Cereus pringlei, Pilocereus pringlei, Pachycereus calvus, Cardon
P. pringlei is a tender, tree-like, perennial cactus with wide, dark blue-green stems bearing erect, ribbed, spiny, grey-green stems. Bell- to funnel-shaped, white flowers bloom at night in summer.
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4m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Sabal mexicana (Mexican palmetto)
Other names: Texan palm, Texas palmetto, Sabal guatemalensis, Sabal texana, Rio Grande palmetto, Oaxacan palmetto, Texas sabal palm, Oaxaca palmetto
S. mexicana is borderline hardy, evergreen, tree-like palm with a columnar trunk topped with fan-shaped, bright to yellow-green leaves divided into numerous, slender lobes. Long panicles of cream flowers bloom in summer.
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4m max. spread |
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18m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Sabal palmetto (Blue palmetto)
Other names: Common blue palmetto, Cabbage palmetto, Cabbage palm, Carolina palmetto, Palmetto, Swamp cabbage, Sabal palm
S. palmetto is a large, borderline hardy, evergreen, tree-like palm with a rough trunk topped with compact, spherical heads of fan-shaped, dark green leaves divided into numerous lobed segments with thread-like filaments.
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7m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Other names: Cascara buckthorn, Cascara sagrada, Bearberry, Rhamnus purshiana, Californian bearberry, California bearberry, Rhamnus purshianus, Chittem stick, Chitticum stick, Pursh's buckthorn
F. purshiana is an upright, deciduous shrub or small tree with oblong to elliptic, glossy, veined, dark green leaves and domed clusters or yellow-green flowers in late spring and early summer followed by spherical, red fruit ripening deep purple to black.
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9m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Castanea sativa 'Variegata' (Sweet chestnut 'Variegata')
Other names: Vareigated sweet chestnut, Spanish chestnut 'Variegata', Sardian nut 'Variegata', European chestnut 'Variegata', Castanea sativa 'Aureomarginata'
'Variegata' is a spreading, deciduous tree bearing oblong, toothed, glossy, dark green leaves with creamy-white margins, the entire leaf turning yellow in autumn. Pale yellow male catkins in summer are followed by spiny fruit containing edible nuts.
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15m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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