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| Common name | Scientific name | Zone(s) | Habit | Size | Exposure | Comments |
| Buckeye, Red | Aesculus pavia | 4-8 | D | 10 to 20' | Partial shade | Native; red flowers in spring; develops leaf scorch in hot dry sites |
| Buckeye, Yellow | Aesculus octandra | 3-8 | D | 60 to 80' | Sun to partial shade | Yellow flowers in late spring; disease resistant foliage; yellow orange fall foliage |
| Chinaberry | Melia azedarach | 7-10 | D | 30 to 40' | Sun to partial shade | Often considered a weedy tree; brittle wood; lavender to lilac flowers in early summer |
| Crabapple | Malus spp. | 5-9 | D | 15 to 25' | Sun | Very showy for short period in spring; some cultivars have ornamental fruit; plant only disease-resistant cultivars |
| Locust, Black | Robinia pseudoacacia | 3-8 | D | 30 to 50' | Sun | White flower cluster in spring; drought tolerant |
| Mimosa | Albizia julibrissin | 6-9 | D | 20 to 35' | Sun | Light to deep pink flowers in summer; short lived |
| Silverbell, Carolina | Halesia tetraptera (Halesia carolina) | 6, 7 | D | 20 to 40' | Shade | Multi-trunk tree; native; H. tetraptera var. rubra is pink |
| Silverbell, Two-winged | Halesia diptera | 6-9 | D | 15 to 30' | Sun to partial shade | White flowers in spring; often multitrunked |
Prepared by: Erv Evans,
Consumer Horticulturist
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Images © by Erv Evans
