Evergreen Broadleaf Trees

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Callistemon citrinus

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lemon bottlebrush

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large evergreen upright tropical shrub that will grow to 10-15’ tall in its native habitat, commonly grown as a specimen or hedge in frost free areas such as southern Florida and parts of southern California,can also be trained as a tree to 25’ tall. In containers in northern climates, it more commonly is grown as a 3-5’ tall shrub or trained as a small standard. Flowers feature numerous bushy bright red stamens in rounded to cylindrical spikes (to 4” long) that resemble bottlebrushes. Flowers bloom intermittently throughout the year in frost free areas, but more typically in summer Lance-shaped to narrow-elliptic leaves (to 3” long) emerge coppery before maturing to medium green, leaves have a lemony scent when bruised, Greek beautiful (callis) and stamen (stemon)

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Callistemon citrinus

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lemon bottlebrush

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Citrus sinensis

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orange

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compact evergreen tree 20-30 ft tall rounded, symmetrical crown spreading 15-20 ft ,leaves are shiny and leathery, oblong to elliptic, up to 4 in long, and have narrow wings on their petioles, the twigs on many orange cultivars are thorny, blossoms are white, very fragrant, and arranged in clusters of 1-6, bloom in spring and give rise to oranges the following autumn or winter, last year's oranges often are still on the trees when the new flowers are blooming.

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Citrus sinensis

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orange

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Eriobotrya japonica

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loquat

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large evergreen shrub or small tree, with a rounded crown, short trunk and woolly new twigs. The tree can grow to 16–33 ft tall,often smaller 9.8–13 ft, leaves are alternate, simple, 10–25 cm long, dark green, tough and leathery in texture, with a serrated margin, and densely velvety-hairy below with thick yellow-brown pubescence; the young leaves are also densely pubescent above, but this soon rubs off, the autumn or early winter flowering, fruits are ripe in late winter or early spring, flowers are 2 1 in. in diameter, white, with five petals, and produced in stiff panicles of three to ten flowers with sweet, heady aroma that can be smelled from a distance, fruits, growing in clusters, are oval, rounded or pear-shaped, 3–5 cm long, with a smooth or downy, yellow or orange, sometimes red-blushed skin

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Eriobotrya japonica

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loquat

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Eucalyptus citriodora

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lemon-scented gum

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Native to Australia, lemon-scented gum is a tall, slender, broadleaf evergreen tree that will grow 60-100’ tall in its native habitat. Features smooth gray bark and narrow lance-shaped yellowish-green leaves (to 7” long) that are lemon-scented. Small white flowers in 3-flowered umbels. Flowers rarely appear on young trees or container plants, it may be grown as an annual from seed, typically growing rapidly to 6-8’ tall in one growing season.

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Eucalyptus citriodora

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lemon-scented gum

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Eucalyptus ficifolia

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red-flowering gum

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Tends to have orange to red flowers, but can be almost white, pink, or deep crimson.
Tends to have darker bark
Very prolific flowering
Buds can be any colour: pink, reddish, pale or green.
Leaves tend to be longer relative to width.

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Eucalyptus ficifolia

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red-flowering gum

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Eucalyptus globulus

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blue gum

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Leaf: Alternate (may be opposite on young branches), simple, evergreen, leathery, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 4 to 8 inches long, often curved and drooping, long pointed, entire margins, aromatic, dull green above, bluish bloom beneath, young foliage more blue.
Flower: Round, 2 inches across, with very long creamy white stamens, no petals, making it look like a round bottle brush, appearing singly in leaf axils in winter and early spring.
Fruit: Dry, heavy capsules, 1/2 to 1 inch long, looks like a child's wooden top, bluish and warty when fresh, later turning brown.
Twig: Slender, yellow-green to reddish, smooth.
Bark: Attractive, peels in long loose strips, often piling up at base; outer bark rough reddish brown, inner bark smooth creamy white to yellow-green.
Form: A large tree with a straight trunk that can reach 200 feet tall and several feet in diameter.

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Eucalyptus globulus

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blue gum

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Eucalyptus polyanthemos

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silver dollar gum

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Leaf: Alternate, evergreen, round leaves becoming ovate to broadly lanceolate on mature trees, 3 inches, blue-green on both surfaces, entire margins.
Flower: White, in clusters up to 6 inches.
Fruit: An urn-shaped capsule 3/8 inch long, in clusters.
Twig: Slender and red with a white bloom, smooth.
Bark: Tight, gray and fibrous-scaly; may shed to reveal smooth bark.
Form: A Small to medium tree with a dense weeping crown, commonly to 50 feet.

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Eucalyptus polyanthemos

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silver dollar gum

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Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah'

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Savannah holly

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Savannah Holly is an older selection of a cross between Ilex cassine (Dahoon Holly) and Ilex opaca (American Holly). Ilex x attenuata ‘Savannah’ has whitish bark with light green leaves with very small spines. The females produce berries that are bright red. Savannah Holly tolerates limy soils well and will get 20-30 feet in height and 15 feet wide making it great for tall screens.

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Ilex x attenuata 'Savannah'

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Savannah holly

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Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

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Nellie R. Stevens holly

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This evergreen holly with its handsome glossy leaves has been a popular landscaping item across the American South for decades. It is a large shrub that grows in a neat pyramidal shape 15-25 ft (4.6-6.1 m) in height. 'Nellie Stevens' is probably a hybrid between English holly (I. aquifolium) and Chinese holly (I. cornuta). Leaves are thick and have teeth typically associated with the holly leaf. Flowers of 'Nellie Stevens' can be pollinated by those of Chinese hollies in the area, which bloom at the same time in spring. This female holly is extremely fruitful and colorful when loaded with bright red berries in winter.

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Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

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Nellie R. Stevens holly

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Magnolia grandiflora

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southern magnolia

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Leaf: Alternate, simple, evergreen, oval to elliptical, 5 to 8 inches long, pinnately veined, entire margin, very thick almost plastic-like, waxy/shiny dark green above, paler with rusty fuzz below.
Flower: Monoecious; very showy and fragrant, 6 to 8 inches wide with large white petals, occur singly in late spring and occasionally a few in the fall.
Fruit: An aggregate of follicles, green changing to red and later to brown, cylindrical, 3 to 5 inches long with a bright red seed (1/2 inch long) in each follicle, maturing in fall.
Twig: Stout, with white to rusty tomentum and a long (1 to 1 1/2 inches) silky white to rusty red terminal bud.
Bark: Brown to gray, thin, smooth/lenticellate when young, later with close plates or scales.
Form: A medium sized tree up to 80 feet with a pyramidal crown. When open grown, the crown is dense with low branches.

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Magnolia grandiflora

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southern magnolia

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Olea europaea

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olive; common olive

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Leaf: Opposite, simple, evergreen, lanceolate or narrow-oblong, 1 to 3 inches long, entire margins, thick and leathery, blue- to gray-green above and much paler beneath.
Flower: Clusters of small creamy white to pale yellow flowers appearing from leaf axils in spring.
Fruit: Oblong drupe up to 1 1/2 inches long, smooth, green initially but dark reddish purple (nearly black) when ripe in winter.
Twig: moderately stout, light gray-green and finely fuzzy when young.
Bark: Light gray-brown, smooth for a long time but eventually becoming finely scale, gnarled and bumpy.
Form: Wild trees are more shrub like; however, most trees seen have been pruned to have single, short trunk with a wide, spreading crown, to 20 or 30 feet. Trunks are generally twisted and contorted.

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Olea europaea

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olive; common olive

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Pittosporum undulatum

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Victorian box

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Pittosporum undulatum

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Victorian box

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Quercus suber

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cork oak

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Leaf: Alternate, simple, evergreen, leathery, ovate to elliptical, 2 to 3 inches long, margin either entire or usually with wavy teeth; leaf surface cupped, dark green above, very fuzzy and whitened below.
Flower: Monoecious; males are slender, yellow-green catkins 2 to 3 inches long; females are very small, in clusters of 2 to 4 in leaf axils; both appear in early spring.
Fruit: Acorn, 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, narrow, oblong; loose scaly cap covers approximately 1/2 of the nut; matures in 1 season.
Twig: Moderate, light gray-brown, abundant gray fuzz; buds clustered, reddish brown, with some gray fuzz, broadly triangular and pointed.
Bark: Very unique, light gray with deep reddish brown furrows, developing very thick (inches) layers of cork, ruggedly ridged and furrowed; reddish brown when recently harvested for cork.
Form: A medium sized tree (up to 65 feet tall) typically with a low dividing trunk.

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Quercus suber

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cork oak

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Quercus virginiana

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live oak

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Leaf: Alternate, simple, evergreen, leathery, 2 to 5 inches long, oblong or elliptical in shape with an entire or spiny and revolute margin. The upper surface is lustrous, the lower is pale and pubescent. Generally, not bristle-tipped.
Flower: Staminate flowers borne on catkins. Pistillate flowers borne on spikes, appearing spring.
Fruit: Acorns in clusters of 3 to 5, dark nut, 3/4 inch long and covered 1/3 by the cap; cap is bowl-shaped, turbinate, and warty; maturing in early fall of the first year.
Twig: Slender, gray and pubescent, with small, blunt, multiple terminal buds.
Bark: Rapidly developing red-brown furrows with small surface scales; later becoming black and very blocky.
Form: A medium sized tree that can grow to massive proportions. Open-grown trees develop a huge rounded crown. The largest crowns may be 150 feet across.

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Quercus virginiana

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live oak

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Schinus molle

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California pepper tree

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Leaf: Alternate, pinnately compound, 8 to 14 inches long, drooping (often curved) foliage with numerous (19 to over 40) narrowly lance-shaped leaflets (each 1 to 3 inches long) entire or with a few widely spaced teeth, peppery fragrance, green to yellow-green above and below.
Flower: Small, flowers with white petals and yellow centers, in loose many branched hanging clusters, appearing in summer.
Fruit: Pink to red, round, berry-like, 1/8 to 1/4 inch across in hanging clusters, ripen in fall and persist through winter, peppery fragrance.
Twig: Slender, yellow-green, drooping; buds are small and pointed; leaf scars are broadly v-shaped.
Bark: Initially smooth gray-brown, later becoming irregularly furrowed with reddish brown splits and grayish coarsely scaly ridges.
Form: A small (up to 40 feet) tree with a round crown with drooping, lacy foliage.

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Schinus molle

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California pepper tree

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Ulmus parvifolia 'Sempervirens'

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Chinese evergreen elm

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Ulmus parvifolia 'Sempervirens'

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Chinese evergreen elm

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Leaf alternate, simple, serrate, serrulate, obovate, elliptic (oval), ovate
Leaf venation: pinnate
Leaf blade length: less than 2 inches
Leaf color: green
Fall color: red, purple, yellow
Fall characteristic: showy
Flower color: green
Flower characteristics: not showy
Fruit shape: oval
Fruit length: less than .5 inch
Fruit covering: dry or hard
Fruit color: brown