Trees for Central Texas
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Texas Live Oak |
Shumard Red Oak |
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| This beautiful large tree is very prominant here in Central Texas. This hard wood tree grows 40 to 60' high, and can get as wide. It is a slow grower, evergreen, sheding it's leaves in the spring and quickly replacing them with new ones. Very forgiving of our Central Texas climate. But unfortanatly prone to Oak Wilt. | This is a Fairly fast growing tree with regular water and fertilizer. It is deciduous with a wonderful show of color in the fall. This majestic tree grows up to 50 feet tall and 30 feet wide.The Shumard in comparison to other varieties of Red Oak is much better adapted to our limestone conditions with very little soil. | |
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Bur Oak |
Lacey Oak |
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| This wonderful deciduous Oak appears to grow anywhere in the state. This particular Oak Tree stands out because of its large lobed leaves with silvery undersides. Bur Oak is reasonably fast growing, long lived, and drought tolerant reaching mature height of 60 feet. Can be planted in partial shade, or in full sun as well. | This Oak is on the smaller side of it's oak counterparts. If you are looking for a great tree for an urban area this is a great choice. Lacey Oaks mature height is 20 to 30 feet, and if you choose a multi-trunk one it will grow to a slightly shorter mature height. It is deciduous, with leaves coming out a delicate peachy color, then changing to a soft blue-green in the summer, and then return to a rich sunset peach in the fall. This tree does well in partial shade, or full sun. | |
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Chinquapin Oak |
Spanish White Oak |
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| This is a beautiful tree with a dark, glossy, almost lush look. Usually grow tall and slender although older trees do tend to spread. This variety is deciduous with large serrated leaves turning yellow and rust before falling off in the fall. Chinquapin usually mature at 40 to 60 feet, and can also be planted in partial shade, or in full sun as well. | This tree is also a great deciduous tree with beautiful fall color, another unusual charateristic about this tree is the bark which is off-white and flaky on a mature tree. This tree is used in landscaping alot, because it is considered to be a "clean" tree not dropping alot of debris or deadwood. This oak is a slow to modeate grower reaching 50 to 60 feet. | |
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Cedar Elm |
Arizona Cypress |
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| This large shade tree matures at 30 to 60 feet. Each one is unique in it's own way because of it irregular growth with it growing taller than it is wide. This is a deciduous moderate growing tree with leaves turning yellow to gold in the fall. You will have faster growth with regular watering, but is extremely drought tolerant. | This is probably the most widely used conifer in the state. It is fast growing and therefore relatively short-lived thirty to fifty years. The pleasantly aromatic foliage is pale blue-green. Plant in full sun. This variety reaches 30 feet. | |
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Bald Cypress |
Southern Magnolia |
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| The leaves on this deciduous tree look like little feathers. In the fall it turns a beautiful copper color. It is fast growing and can be planted in partial shade, or full sun. This tree usually reaches a height of 45 feet at maturity. | This stately evergreen tree is redolent of the old south, with large glossy green leaves, huge thick petaled and creamy white flowers up to 9 inches across. Souther Magnolia can be grown here in Central Texas, but prefers the deeper soil east of IH-35. The mature height usually reaches 50 feet in our area. | |
| Crepe Myrtles | Smaller Ornamental Trees | |
| Proper Tree Planting |
Stump Removal |
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