Drought Tolerant

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Arching branches with large fragrant white flowers with purple center.
Notes: Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  9 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Broadly conical with spreading branches.  Needles in groups of two to five. 
Notes:  This variety has blue-green needles.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun
Height: 30'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Large seed cones similar to Pinus sabiniana.
Notes:  Native to elevations of 300-2,100m, usually found on dry rocky slopes and ridges among oaks.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Guatemala, Mexico
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Long green needles.  Drooping
Notes: In the wild is often associated with Gaultheria, Liquidambar, Quercus.  Native to the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala from 1000 m - 1500 m above sea level.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico; Sierra Madre Occidental
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Dark green needles of five and seven per fascicle.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus durangensis grows at moderately high altitude between 1,500 - 2,800m

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Straight trunk and level branches with dense upright branchlets.  As the tree ages it develops a flattened top.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus hwangshanensis grows at elevations of 600-3'400m above sea level in mixed temperate and montane forests and sunny ridges.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: Mexico, southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 5" long.  Ovoid seed cones are solitary or in whorls of 2-5.  The sheath around the needle fascicles is shed as the needles expand.
Notes:  The natural range is primarily in Mexico that extends into the United States.  In the wild Pinus leiophylla grows between 1600m and 3000m altitude.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20' - 45'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen. Blue green needles with broad crown, irregular branching
Notes:  Reported to be one of the rarest trees.

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Tall, strait trunk.  Young trees have open pyramidal crown.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus maximonii grows at moderately high altitude between 600 - 2,400m. 

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:8 - 11
Natural Range: CentralMexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 12" long.  Crown is broad and rounded with dense branches. 
Notes: In the wild Pinus montezumae  grows in the mountains of Central and South Mexico where the climate is temperate at elevations between 1200m and 3600m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun
Height: 40' - 80'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Straight or contorted trunk with rounded or flattened irregular crown.  Needles are borne with two per fascicle.  Needles to 6" inches long.
Notes:   Native from sea level to 300m , occurring along the coast and on Santa Cruz Santa Rosa  and Guadalupe islands Islands.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 -  10
Natural Range: Southern Europe
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 40', smaller in cultivation. 
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Grows with a distinct umbrella like canopy when mature.  Reddish gray bark.
Notes:  This is the true Pine Nut tree.  About $20 a pound for the tasty nut.  You too can harvest your own Pine Nuts in nearly a lifetime.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 45'-100', much smaller in cultivation. 
Attributes:  Evergreen, long gray needles giving a ghostly appearance.   Massive, heavy symmetrical, dull brown, resinous cone.  Distinct look among Pines.
Notes:  Collected in Northern California along the Trinity River.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attributes: Evergreen.  Short, dark green needles
Notes: In the wild Pinus taiwanensis grows along the Central Mountain Range at altitudes of 750 - 3000 m. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 9
Natural Range:  Mexico; Western Chihuahua, Northern Coahuila to Southeastern Chiapas
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single-trunked tree with rounded, dense crown.
Notes:  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 1,500 - 3,000m

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:8 - 11
Natural Range: SouthernMexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 7" long.  Narrow crown with numerous horizontal branches densely clothed with foliage at the tips.
Notes: In the wild Pinus techumanii  grows in the mountains of Mexico and central America at elevations between 450m and 2900m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 150', much smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, conical crown, blue green leaves to 8 inches long.  Graceful, drooping foliage.  Long cylindrical cones.
Notes:  Rare in cultivation.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

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Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 80', much smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, conical crown, blue green leaves to 11 inches long.  Graceful, drooping foliage.  Long cylindrical cones.
Notes:  Rare in cultivation.  Predominantly grows at 600 - 3000 m elevation on the high plateaus of Yunnan but extending north into Sichuan and south into Myanmar.  1 gallon size plants.

Pot Size:   1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Part shade, shade, sun
Attributes:  Late spring deciduous, 12" long arching.  Shallow rhizomes that forms an expanding clump.
Notes: In the wild Polypodium glycyrrhiza grows on Acer macrophyllum and Alnus rubra trunks, or on mossy rocks, old stumps or on the ground where they landed after falling out of a tree.  They lose their fronds as the season dries and grows new ones in summer, keeping them through winter.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Southwest
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Sun
Height: NA
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.
Notes:  Beautiful southwest native oak.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Colorado; Hybrid; macrocarpa x gambelii
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 15' - 18'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, blue tinged foliage.  Fall foliage turns to red-mahogany late in the season.
Notes:  Beautiful southwest native oak.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Southwest US
Soil:  Average, dry
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, blue-green foliage. 
Notes: Natural hybrid between Quercus turbinella x grisea. This form has rounded bluish leaves.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: South Western US; Hybrid; macrocarpa x gambelii
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 18'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deep green, lobed foliage turning apricot in fall.
Notes:  Beautiful southwest native oak.  Only now becoming available.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Fagaceae
Zone:   7 - 9
Natural Range:  Spain, Morocco,
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  35’ - 65'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous or semi evergreen.  Coarsely toothed or lobed, rounded leaf that can vary in size from 3 to 6 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide.  Larger leaves when young.
Notes:  Stately tree.

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Oregon, California
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Leaves can be toothed or smooth even on the same tree.  Green leaves with gold-white underneath.
Notes:  Beautiful western native oak.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Asia
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Dissected leaves with pink new growth.
Notes:  Very unusual Oak.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Fagaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  California
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  60'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Blue-green leaves.  Light colored bark.  Slow growing.
Notes:  Quercus douglasii is native to Coast ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. 
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Utah, Colorado, Wyoming to New Mexico
Soil:  Average, dry
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, blue-green foliage. 
Notes:

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, summer dry
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  2 - 5" broad and 3-6" long leaves that once they turn brown in the fall usually remain on tree through the winter.
Notes:  Beautiful western native oak.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, summer dry
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  2 - 5" broad and 3-6" long leaves that once they turn brown in the fall usually remain on tree through the winter.
Notes:  Beautiful western native oak.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Mexico, Southwest US
Soil:  Average, dry
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Narrow leathery leaves with green upper surface and whitish underside of leaf.
Notes: Stunning species Oak.

Pot Size:  5 Gallon Pot

Family:  Fagaceae
Zone:  5 - 10
Natural Range:  California
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15’ - 30'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Red new growth.
Notes:  One of the prettiest trees.
 
Pot size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Fagaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  Texas, Mexico
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  35’
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Blue-green leaves with oblong shape and shallow lobes.  Yellow to brown fall foliage.
Notes:  Most often found growing in canyons or protected slopes.  Dense crown with distinct blue cast that contrasts with the surrounding green foliage of Junipers and other oaks.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Fagaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  California
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  60'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Irregular, spreading and arching branches.  Yellow and orange fall foliage.
Notes:  The late winter early spring, leafless silhouette is quite stunning.  In the wild Quercus lobata grows in rich deep soil in dense riparian forests and open foothill woodlands and savannas.  Elevations between 600 - 1,700m. 
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:3- 9
Natural Range:Northern and Central United States, Southeastern Canada
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: NA
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Rounded crown.  Acorn cups are covered with a mossy-like scale near the rim.  Leathery, dark green leaves to 12" long.
Notes:  This selection is very slow and dwarf with broadly spreading, vase shape.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range: United States
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Rather large and deeply cut lobed leaves.
Notes:  This form is a stand out in leaf shape.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:3- 9
Natural Range:Northern and Central United States, Southeastern Canada
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 40'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Rounded crown.  Acorn cups are covered with a mossy-like scale near the rim.  Leathery, dark green leaves to 12" long.
Notes:  Long lived and quite stunning as a mature tree.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:5 - 10
Natural Range: Caucasus, Turkey
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Usually shrub-like.  Broad elliptic, medium green leaves to 10" long.  Showy yellow midrib and leaf stalk.  Dentate teeth.Gray brown bark.
Notes:  Name comes from Greek name given to the southern shores of the Black Sea where they grow.  Not commonly available.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: NM
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 20'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Long slender leaves with pointed lobes.  Reddish orange fall foliage.
Notes:  Beautiful southwest native oak.  Selected by Allan Taylor near Folsom NM at 7,200' elevation.  Drought tolerant small oak.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Southwest
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous. Prickly, holly-like gray green leaves. 
Notes:  Beautiful southwest native oak.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot