A. Preferred trees and shrubs to be used to meet the city landscaping standards include, but are not specifically restricted to:
Plant Type | Botanical Name | Common Name |
Plant Type | Botanical Name | Common Name |
Shade trees | Celtis laevigata | Sugar hackberry; palo blanco |
Ehretia anacua | Sugarberry; anacua | |
Fraxinum berlandieriana | Rio grande ash; fresno | |
Leucaena pulverulenta | Lead tree; tepeguaje | |
Pithecellobium ebano | Texas ebony; ebano | |
Prospis glandulosa | Honey mesquite | |
Quercus virginiana | Live oak; encino | |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm; olmo | |
Ornamental trees | Acacia berlandieri | Guajillo |
Acacia smallii | Texas huisache | |
Bumelia celastrina | Saffron-plum; coma del sur | |
Celtis pallida | Spiny hackberry; granjeno | |
Cercidium texanum | Texas palo verde | |
Condalia hookeri | Brasil; bluewood | |
Cordia boissieeri | Mexican olive; anacahuita | |
Diospyros texana | Persimmon; chapote | |
Esenbeckia runyonii | Jopoy | |
Guaiacum angustifolium | Soapbush; guayacan | |
Lagerstroemia indica | Crepe myrtle | |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama; lluvia de oro | |
Pithecellobium pallens | Tenaza | |
Sapindus drummondii | West soapberry; jabonciilo | |
Sophora secundiflora | Mountain laurel | |
Screening shrubs | Acacia rigidula | Black brush |
Citherexylum berlandieri | Fiddlewood; tamaulipan | |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Purple sage; cenizo bouganvillea | |
Photinia fraseri | Oleander | |
Xylosma flexuosa | Holly; coronillo | |
Mass planting shrubs | Coursetia axillaris | Texas baby-bonnets |
Croton humilis | Low croton | |
Malpighia glabra | Manzanita | |
Salvia ballotiflora | Blue sage; mejorana | |
Schaefferia cuneifola | Desert yaupon; capul | |
Sophora tomentosa | Yellow sophora; tambalisa | |
Viguiera stenoloba | Skeletonbush | |
Ground cover plantings | Buchloe dactyloides | Buffalo grass verbena |
Lantana horrida | Texas lantana | |
Ruellia corzoi | Ruellia | |
Vines | Passiflora filipes | Yellow passion vine |
Passiflora foetida | Blue passion vine | |
(Ord. 09-04-15, 4-21-2015)