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(Ginkgo biloba)
Ginkgo Trees are not native to the region and are typically planted as landscape trees. They perform well with full sun and well-drained soil, and once established, they are quite drought-tolerant.

The ginkgo’s fan-shaped, light green leaves are distinctive and turn a bright lemon-yellow in the fall, a hallmark of the tree.

The ginkgo is known as a “living fossil” because it is one of the oldest tree species on Earth, with some trees surviving for thousands of years.

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(Euonymus alatus)
A popular, exotic deciduous shrub known for its vibrant red fall foliage, and distinctive brownish, corky “wings” on its stems and leaves that turn a brilliant red in the fall.

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(Japonica cleyera)

Cleyera provides year-round greenery with its dark, glossy, evergreen foliage, which can also emerge with an attractive bronze or red tinge in spring. 

The fragrant white flowers of the Japonica Cleyera attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to the garden. 

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(Chitalpa tashkentensis)

The chitalpa tree is a hybrid of the southern catalpa and the desert willow.

It is an exceptionally drought and heat tolerant smaller shade tree that provides attractive trumpet-shaped flowers that attact hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.

Chitalpa is a fast growing tree.

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(Vitex agnus-castus)
Sometimes called ‘Texas summer lilac,’ the lacy-leaved vitex is covered with pointy purple panicles from midsummer into fall, providing nectar to hosts of butterflies and bees. Can be left shrubby or pruned into a small tree (there’s a row in front of the Nasher Sculpture Center). Deadheading will stimulate more blooms, although the dried berries are interesting on the bare branches in the winter. Extract from vitex is used widely in Germany to regulate problems associated with menopause, PMS and post-partum hormonal issues. Leaves are sometimes mistaken for marijuana so look out for your neighborhood watch.