Specimen Trees

* Quercus glandulifera - Konara Oak A small tree (30-40') of elegant habit, with silky-haired new shoots, and attractive leaves--apple green above, white beneath, margined with gland-tipped teeth.

* Flora of China States. * Trees grow to 20 m tall; bark gray-brown, smooth.

* Flora of China States. * Trees grow to 20 m tall; bark gray-brown, smooth.

* This lovely small tree closely resembles its relative Acer heldreichii. * The undersides of the leaves also have orange hairs on the veins and the spring buds and seed wings are red in color.

* A deciduous tree or multistemmed bush; compound leaves; distinctive papery-winged fruit seeds in clusters; native to central China. 2005) ), or traditionally by several authors in Aceraceae , related to the maples .

The tree is small and rounded, rarely reaching 10-12 meters in height and bearing pendulous, silvery foliage, superficially similar to a weeping willow . * Grown for its silvery young foliage; leaves narrow, tapering at both ends like willow leaves; white...

* A deciduous tree; short trunk, usually with many low branches; can be very handsome, a good shade tree for large areas; 5" (male) or 20" (female) catkins, 3/4" winged nuts on the long pendulous female spikes; dark green compound leaves; native to Caucasus...

The tree is small and rounded, rarely reaching 10-12 meters in height and bearing pendulous, silvery foliage, superficially similar to a weeping willow . * Grown for its silvery young foliage; leaves narrow, tapering at both ends like willow leaves; white...

* A deciduous tree; short trunk, usually with many low branches; can be very handsome, a good shade tree for large areas; 5" (male) or 20" (female) catkins, 3/4" winged nuts on the long pendulous female spikes; dark green compound leaves; native to Caucasus...

* This is a rare Styrax to western gardners. Well worth growing as a garden novelty. The tree can grow larger than Styrax japonicus and Styrax obassia. * The flowers and fruits are more dainty than the species we are accustomed to.

* The plant is medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad. Many of the tree's branches bend under the weight of the large foliage.

* Sinowilsonia is a monotypic genus of plant containing the single species Sinowilsonia henryi . * A small tree with 6" leaves; petalless flowers in short racemes; native to central and western China.

* Quercus glandulifera - Konara Oak A small tree (30-40') of elegant habit, with silky-haired new shoots, and attractive leaves--apple green above, white beneath, margined with gland-tipped teeth.

* Lime flowers are a popular domestic remedy for a number of ailments, especially in the treatment of colds and other ailments where sweating is desirable. The resulting seedlings may or may not resemble the mother tree.

* This is a rare Styrax to western gardners. Well worth growing as a garden novelty. The tree can grow larger than Styrax japonicus and Styrax obassia. * The flowers and fruits are more dainty than the species we are accustomed to.

* 4" pure white bowl-shaped flowers with red stamens face more or less downward; a shrubby species; sun or part shade; doesn't like limey soils; native to Japan and Korea It is named after the German doctor Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866).

* 4" pure white bowl-shaped flowers with red stamens face more or less downward; a shrubby species; sun or part shade; doesn't like limey soils; native to Japan and Korea It is named after the German doctor Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866).

* The plant is medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad. Many of the tree's branches bend under the weight of the large foliage.

* A splendid sight in flower, a substantial tree covered with white bracts the size of a dove (8" x 4"). * Native to woodlands in central China, dove tree is a deciduous tree that typically grows 20-40' tall with a broad pyramidal habit.

* Compound dark green leaves to 1'; fruit in racemes to 1' long; wood used in Japan to produce small wooden implements. It grows to 30 m (98 ft) tall, flowering from May-July. * Pterocarya rhoifolia is a species of tree in the Juglandaceae family that...

* Compound dark green leaves to 1'; fruit in racemes to 1' long; wood used in Japan to produce small wooden implements. It grows to 30 m (98 ft) tall, flowering from May-July. * Pterocarya rhoifolia is a species of tree in the Juglandaceae family that...

* A splendid sight in flower, a substantial tree covered with white bracts the size of a dove (8" x 4"). * Native to woodlands in central China, dove tree is a deciduous tree that typically grows 20-40' tall with a broad pyramidal habit.

The species is endemic to the Korean Peninsula and the north of China. * The tree flowers from April to May, and the fruit ripens from September to October. * Celtis koraiensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 12 m (39ft 4in).

Better tolerance for summer heat and winter cold than most of the flowering cherries. It is probably of hybrid origin between Prunus incisa and Prunus spachiana. Pendula forms are sometimes top grafted.

The species is endemic to the Korean Peninsula and the north of China. * The tree flowers from April to May, and the fruit ripens from September to October. * Celtis koraiensis is a deciduous Tree growing to 12 m (39ft 4in).

Populations are fragmented and on small area – 0.05 ha. Bark smooth, grey. Flowers unisexual and hermaphrodite; monoecious plant. * Habitats and populations. Mainly on dry and warm soils.

* Trees can be very long-lived, perhaps to 1000 years. The fruit is a globose drupe, 5–7(–8) mm in diameter. * As an ornamental plant it is used in classical East Asian garden design.