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Albizia julibrissin ‘Summer Chocolate’®

[gallery ids="4952"] A wide spreading tree with finely cut, chocolate burgundy foliage. It has bright pink "powder puff" blooms in the summer. It is tolerant of drought and high pH soils, preferring average medium moisture, well-drained soils.  The best flowering will occur in full sun. It was found as a chance seedling in Japan in 1990....
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Albizia julibrissin

[gallery ids="4951,4934,6535"] A broad, spreading tree with finely textured foliage and pink, silky, 'powder puff' blooms in the summer. It is sometimes grown as a multi-stemmed tree. Adapts well to drought, high pH and soil salinity, as long as the soil is well-drained. It prefers a site in full sun. Also called Silky Mimosa or Persian...
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Aesculus x carnea ‘O’Neill Red’

[gallery ids="6399,8023"] A rounded tree, with long, dense upright clusters of single, bright red flowers in spring. The flowers are attractive to hummingbirds. The large leaves lend a coarse texture to the landscape. It prefers full sun to light shade, prefers moist, well-drained soils, that are slightly acid. The parent plants are A. hippocastanum and A....
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Aesculus x carnea ‘Fort McNair’

[gallery ids="4932"] This is a dense, rounded tree with dark green leaves that emerge lighter green in spring. The foliage is not susceptible to leaf scorch. The palm-shaped leaves turn yellow in the fall. Showy spikes of dark pink flowers with yellow eyes emerge in spring. Prefers full sun to part shade in well-drained soil. It...
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