Drought Tolerant

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

Family: Pineaceae

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:  1 Gallon 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:  4" Band 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:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  10’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Curved blue green needles.  Cones formed at the branch tips.
Notes:  This form is smaller and slower growing than the species.

Pot size: 1 Gallon 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: Pineaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles from 3"-6".  Grayish bark with brown ridges.  Crown often windswept and irregular.
Notes:  The type variety occurs naturally only at three localities on the coast of central California.  These plants are from seed collected near Santa Cruz.

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:  1 Gallon 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:  1 Gallon 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:   2 Gallon Pot 2' - 4'

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:Polypodiaceae
Natural Range: Mexico
Zone: 7 - 10
Soil: Average to dry, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height:  8"
Attributes: Evergreen.  Thick leathery leaves, uniform fronds.  Shallow creeping rhizome
Notes:  A super cool, hard to find small growing licorice fern from the mountains of eastern Mexico.  Proven to be surprisingly hardy, remaining evergreen with no damage during sustained temperatures below 15 F and being planted in an exposed stump.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 45'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Columnar growth and yellow, orange and red fall foliage.
Notes:  Selected at Starhill Forest Arboretum by Guy Sternberg

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 1' - 2'

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Gambel hybrid
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Red fall foliage. 
Notes:  A TAYLORMADE oak.  Reported to be smaller growing than Jack Maze.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 1' - 2'

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Quercus alba x Quercus robur fastigitate form
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 45'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Columnar oak with red fall foliage.
Notes:  Great for narrow situations.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 1' - 2'

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: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Colorado; Hybrid; macrocarpa x gambelii
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 15' - 30'
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:  Large Band Pot 2' - 3'

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:Western Asia, Europe
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 40' - 60'
Bloom Time:  April
Attributes: Deciduous. Oblong-lanceolate green leaves to 5" long.  3 to 8 pared lobes.  Deeply furrowed gray bark.
Notes:  Slender growth when young, eventually developing broad pyramidal crown with age.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:6 - 10
Natural Range: Southern California and Baja California
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen, Shrubby with leathery texture.  Gray-green foliage.
Notes:  Beautiful southwest native oak.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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 1 - 2'

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: New Mexico
Soil:  Average, dry
Light: Sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Single trunk, non suckering.  Spreading canopy. 
Notes: This selection was made from the Gila National Forest.

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 - 9
Natural Range:New Mexico
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 16'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Small graceful, spreading habit.  Gray green leaves to about 4" long.
Notes:  Newly selected cultivar.  Originally collected by Allan Taylor

Pot Size: Large 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 4' - 5' tall

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: Southestern United States
Soil:  Average to wet
Light: Part shade
Height: 40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Scaly gray trunk.  Narrow, elliptic to oblong leaves to 4" long.
Notes:  In the south it the leaves are reported to remain on the tree throughout the fall and some of the winter.  Deciduous further north.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot