Trees

Well-adapted and well-placed trees can be an excellent landscape investment. One strategically placed tree can transform a scorching hot section of your yard into a cool oasis, or help reduce air-conditioning costs by shading your home from the sun.

What Kind of Trees should you select?

When deciding which trees to plant, consider the typical mature size of the specimens as noted in the following plant list, and make sure you provide enough room for future growth.

Don’t plant in areas where branches will grow into power lines or block solar panels.

Deciduous Tree

Trees that shed leaves annually in the Fall.

Gymnocladus dioicus, Kentucky Coffeetree

Type: Deciduous Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Medium Mature Size: 40’ x 30’ Description: This tree, recently introduced to the Southwest area, is a...

Mesa Glow® Bigtooth Maple, Acer saccharum v grandidentatum

Type: Deciduous Tree Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Medium Mature Size: 25’ x 25’ Description: The vibrant bright red fall color of this maple...

Pomegranate Tree, Punica granatum

Type: Deciduous fruit tree Exposure: Full sun Water Use: Medium Mature Size: 8’ H x 4’ W This fruit tree thrives against a hot wall with southern...

Oklahoma Redbud, Cercis canadensis var. texensis “Oklahoma”

Type: Deciduous Tree Exposure: Full sun and Part Shade Water Use: Low Mature Size: 15’ x 10’ The small accent Oklahoma Redbud tree begins the...

Netleaf Hackberry Celtis reticulata

Type: Deciduous tree Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Low Mature Size: 25’ x 25’ A young Netfleaf Hackberry passes through a rather ungainly...

Frontier Elm, Ulmus ‘frontier’

Exposure: Full Sun Water: Medium Height and Spread: H 40' X W 30' Fall Color: Reddish Purple The Siberian elm tree, the...

Zizyphus jujube, Zujube tree or Chinese date tree

Exposure: Full Sun Water: Low Height and Spread: H 15-35’ X W 10-30’ Blooming Season: Flowers in Summer. Fruit in Fall One of the easiest fruit...

Chanticleer Pear, Pyrus Calleryana

Exposure: Full Sun Water: Medium Height and Spread: H 25’ x W 15’ Blooming Season: Spring Region: All areas The Chanticleer Pear is a deciduous...

Regent Japanese Scholar Tree / Pagoda Tree, Styphnolobium japonicum ‘Regent’

Exposure: Full Sun Water: Medium Height and Spread: 30’ x 20’ Blooming Season: Summer Region: All Areas Japanese Scholar tree is also known as the...

Vitex or Chaste Tree, Vitex agnus-castus

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 15-25’X 10-15’ Blooming Season: July-August Flower Color: Blue-lavender. Multibranched, spreading, large shrub or...

Lacebark Elm, Ulmus parviflora

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 40’X 40’ So called because of the patchy mosaic bark on their trunks as they mature, Lacebark Elms are moderate...

Chinese Pistache, Pistacia chinensis

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 40’X 30’ Blooming Season: Mid- to Late-Spring Flower Color: Reddish A wonderful shade tree when mature, the...

Oak, Quercus spp.

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 25-60’X 15-60’ Many species of oak grow well through- out most of New Mexico. Gambel Oak (Quercus gambelii) is a...

Golden Raintree, Koelreuteria paniculata

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 25’X 25’ Blooming Season: Early summer Flower Color: Yellow The dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy of...

Desert Willow, Chilopsis linearis

Full Sun Rainwater Only Mature Size: 8-20’X 10-15’ Blooming Season: May-July Flower Color: Pale pink to rosy purple A sturdy, heat-loving tree...

Velvet Mesquite, Prosopis velutina

Full Sun Rainwater Only Mature Size: 15-30’X 10-25’ Blooming Season: May-June Flower Color: Yellow The various species of mesquite are trees...

New Mexico olive, Forestiera Neomexicana

Full Sun, Part Shade Medium Water Mature Size: 12-18’X 10-15’ Blooming Season: Early Spring Flower Color: Yellow-Green Depending upon your landscape...