Special Collections
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.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Agave havardiana | Havard's Century Plant Havard Agave | |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana Artemisia Louisiana Sage White Sage Prairie Sage Silver Sage White Sagebrush Louisiana Wormwood Silver Wormwood Louisiana Sagewort Gray Sagewort Cudweed Sagewort Mugwort Wormwood | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
| Carex texensis | Texas Sedge | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats Indian Wood Oats Wild Oats River Oats Flathead Oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood Drummond's Dogwood Rough-leaf Dogwood | |
| Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower Palmleaf Thoroughwort Palm-leaf Mistflower Palm-leaf Thoroughwort Purple Palmleaf Mistflower Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | |
| Dermatophyllum secundiflorum | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
