Little Leaf Ash is a hardy evergreen that can be grown as a large shrub or a small tree. The shrub form requires little to no pruning to maintain, and it’s low, multi-branching habit serves as an ideal screen or landscape foundation. Training Little Leaf Ash into a small tree has benefits as well, especially…
Height: 4 – 6 feet Width: 4 – 6 feet Bloom color: n/a Flowering season: n/a USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Figs are mentioned in many of our earliest texts, and evidence suggests that these broad, deciduous trees have been in cultivation for thousands of years. The fig tree’s leaf, in particular, is a widely familiar shape that has provided some of the world’s most famous statues and paintings with strategic covering and a modicum of…
Height: 15 – 20 feet Width: 12 – 16 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Named for the founder of Trees for Tucson, the Joan Lionetti live oak is the first and only oak cultivar that was selected and bred specifically for our unique growing conditions in the arid Southwest. Quercus fusiformis was once classified as a subspecies of the southern live oak (Q. virginiana), and the two trees are…
This Arizona native is known around the world for its dense and heavy wood that is highly valued as quality firewood and as an exceptional woodworking material. Here in the landscapes of the desert southwest, ironwood serves as an excellent evergreen screen against unsightly views and provides cooling shade as it grows. Though it does…
The unusually tall and narrow shape of the Italian Cypress is hard to miss; often tucked into confined spaces yet towering above nearby trees and buildings. It makes a striking vertical accent in the landscape, resembling a dark green exclamation point when viewed from a distance. Italian Cypress is recognized as the classic Mediterranean landscaping…
Height: 25 – 40 feet Width: 20 – 40 feet Bloom color: Purple Flowering season: Spring, Early Summer USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
Harvest time is November to March in Tucson. Height: 10 – 15 feet Width: 10 – 15 feet Bloom color: Pinkish White Flowering season: Spring USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 24° F