Landscaping Trees

	Japanese Maple	Deciduous. Small to medium tree. Many varieties. Partial sun to shade.
	Chinese Redbud	Deciduous. Medium size to 20 feet. Best in full sun.
	Star Magnolia	Deciduous. Medium size to 20 feet. Best in full sun.
	Japanese Black Pine.	Evergreen. Medium size to 20 feet. Prefers full sun.
	Loquat.	Evergreen. Medium size to 15 feet. Edible fruit in spring. Large leathery leaves. Partial shade to full sun.
	Chinese juniper.	Medium tree to 12 feet or keep pruned as small shrub. Best in full sun.

Landscaping Shrubs

	Sweet Olive	Evergreen. Powerful sweet fragrance in winter.l Insignificant flowers. Morning sun and afternoon filtered sun.
	Japanese Aucuba	Variegated evergreen to 6 ft. Filtered sun toshade.
	Japanese Camellia.	Flowering evergreen. White to red colors. Prefers morning sun and afternoon shade
	Japanese holly.	Medium evergreen with small leaves. Takes heavy pruning. Usually used as sculptured plant. Sun or shade
	Leatherleaf Mahonia.	Evergreen shrub with vertical stems and spiny tropical looking leaves. Morning sun and afternoon shade.
	Azaleas	Evergreen flowering shrub. Countless varieties and colors. Likes afternoon shade. Prune after flowering.
	Viburnum.	Serveral varieties. Evergreen small to medium shrub. Protect from afternoon sun.
	Japanese wisteria	Deciduous vine. Very colorful flowers. Can be invasive. Takes heavy pruning. Full sun.
	Greenmound Juniper.	Evergreen low growing shrub. Used as groundcover and in containers. Full sun.
	Aspidistra.	Green, vertical sword like stems to 2 feet. Used as groundcover or accent. Shade.
	Japanese boxwood.	Evergreen small leaf shrub to 8 feet. Sun to partial shade.
	Cleyera.	Evergreen medium shrub to 8 feet. Shiny green leaves and no flowers
	Gardenias	Evergreen shrub with white fragrant flowers to 6 feet. Morning sun to afternoon shade.
	Nandina	Several varieties. Evergreen shrub with verical stems. Some have red berries. Full sun
	Dwarf pittosporum.	Small evergreen shrub to 3 feet. Mounding habit.
	Fig Ivy	Clinging prolific vine with small leaves. Good as groundcover or for covering unsightly walls or fences takes heavy pruning. Full sun to partial shade.
	Sago	Slow growing evergreen with feathery leaves to 10 feet. Looks like palm but is not. Good as container plant.

Landscaping Perennials

	Hostas	Many varieties with many different colors. From 6 inches to 3 feet. Ideal in groupings in shady areas. Large leaves
	Ferns	Morning sun to afternoon shade. Best in groupings. Holly, wood, lady, sword, foxtail, Japanese painted ferns do well in Houston area
	Butterfly iris	Typical iris foliage with small white flowers on vertical stems in spring and summer
	Bamboo	Giant grasses with woody stems. Many varieties both clumping and running.
	Giant timber bamboo(Oldham)	Clumping bamboo to 20 - 40 feet high with 2 inch diameters stems.
	Golden Bamboo	Running bamboo to 10 feet with 2 inch diameter stems. Good in tubs.
	Black bamboo	Running bamboo to 8 feet. Does best in afternoon shade. Stems vary from pure black to mottled
	Mondo Grass	Ground cover. Used in lieu of mosses. 3 - 8 inches in height. Morning sun and afternoon shade.