by 505 Outside | Oct 1, 2024 | Deciduous Trees, Trees
Type: Deciduous Tree
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Medium
Mature Size: 25’ x 25’
Description: The vibrant bright red fall color of this maple is a showstopper in gardens. Mesa Glow®, a cultivar of the native bigtooth maple, was developed by Rolston St. Hilaire at New Mexico State University. It is an upright, oval-shaped tree with dark green leaves that has been cultivated to be drought tolerant, resistant to fungal disease and fast growing as well as to display a bigger red color than other bigtooth maple cultivars.
by 505 Outside | Aug 3, 2023 | Deciduous Trees, Edibles, Trees
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 exposure. Beautiful orange flowers appear in the spring. After lots of pollination work by bees, pomegranates trees are covered with uniquely shaped fruit. This stunner needs only 4 feet of space because it has upright growth. During harvest time in the fall, it puts on a yellow foliage show then goes dormant for the winter. Pomegranate trees take about two growing seasons to fully set deep roots and produce fruit.
by 505 Outside | Feb 28, 2023 | Deciduous Trees, Trees
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 growing season with a blast of radiant purple blossoms. This stunning show is followed by purple seedpods and bright green leaves. The Oklahoma Redbud can be trained as a single or multi-trunked tree by shaping it in early summer. Due to its deep rooting tendency, this tree is perfect for courtyards or in narrow beds. It does have a tendency to produce offspring, which should be removed where not needed.
by 505 Outside | Jan 31, 2023 | Evergreen Trees, Trees
Type: Evergreen Tree
Exposure: Full sun
Water Use: Low
Mature Size: 10’-15’ x 4’-6’
Wichita Blue Juniper, Juniperus scopulorum ‘Wichita Blue’ provides a beautiful shade of steely blue and grows year-round, 10’-15’ tall and only 4’-6’ wide. This upright evergreen that adapts to a wide range of well-drained soils makes a colorful hedge. Pruning destroys the natural shape so it’s best to plant this in a place where it has room to grow.
by 505 Outside | Dec 1, 2022 | Evergreen Trees, Trees
Type: Evergreen tree (female only)
Exposure: Full sun
Water Use: Low
Mature Size: 40’ x 20’
There are many varieties of Rocky Mountain juniper, with foliage ranging in color from gray to blue-green to dark green. All have a tidy cone-like form with some cultivars offering a columnar-like structure that’s ideal for filling in tighter spaces and providing architectural interest. They can serve many functions in the landscape: as a windbreak, visual screen and habitat planting. Slow-growing and long-lived, the Rocky Mountain juniper is drought-tolerant and adapts to a variety of soil types.
by 505 Outside | Oct 1, 2022 | Deciduous Trees
Type: Deciduous tree
Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Low
Mature Size: 25’ x 25’
A young Netfleaf Hackberry passes through a rather ungainly adolescence, but with a little pruning, like a butterfly from a chrysalis, it emerges as a sculptural small shade tree that provides habitat for butterflies and songbirds as well as cooling our patios and decks on a very modest water budget. Because it has deep roots, it can be planted close to walls and paving without risk.
