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Great Small Trees for Houston

To celebrate The Garden Club of America's Centennial in 2013, The Garden Club of Houston has created a list of great small trees for Houston. The trees were selected based on three criteria: 1) native to our area and likely to thrive with little maintenance, 2) exceptional beauty and the widest possible range of seasonal interest, and 3) habitat benefits, particularly for birds.

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Agave havardianaHavard's Century Plant
Havard Agave
Artemisia ludovicianaLouisiana Artemisia
Louisiana Sage
White Sage
Prairie Sage
Silver Sage
White Sagebrush
Louisiana Wormwood
Silver Wormwood
Louisiana Sagewort
Gray Sagewort
Cudweed Sagewort
Mugwort Wormwood
Bignonia capreolataCrossvine
Callicarpa americanaAmerican Beautyberry
French Mulberry
Carya illinoinensisPecan
Carex texensisTexas Sedge
Chasmanthium latifoliumInland Sea Oats
Indian Wood Oats
Wild Oats
River Oats
Flathead Oats
Upland Oats
Upland Sea Oats
Cornus drummondiiRoughleaf Dogwood
Drummond's Dogwood
Rough-leaf Dogwood
Conoclinium greggiiGregg's Mistflower
Palmleaf Thoroughwort
Palm-leaf Mistflower
Palm-leaf Thoroughwort
Purple Palmleaf Mistflower
Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium
Dermatophyllum secundiflorumTexas Mountain Laurel
Mountain Laurel
Mescal Bean
Mescal Bean Sophora
Frijolillo
Frijolito
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