Drought Tolerant / Low Water Use Trees
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Click to enlarge Acer (Maple) Acer truncatum x A. platanoides 'Warrenred' Pacific SunsetPBR symbol One of the new maples on the world market. Light green very glossy foliage that forms a small / medium round tree with high levels of drought tolerance. Lovely autumn colour. I predict that both Pacific Sunset and Norwegian Sunset will be very widely planted in Australian conditions, both in the home garden and in streetscapes.
Click to enlarge Acer (Maple) Acer x freemanii 'Jeffersred' Autumn Blaze® Wonderful heat tolerant maple that has beautiful autumn colour as well. Forms great avenues.
Click to enlarge Fraxinus (Ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Cimmzam' Cimmaron™ Similar to Fraxinus 'Urbanite', drought and heat tolerant, more upright growing and very uniform, forms a beautiful, majestic tree.
Click to enlarge Fraxinus (Ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Urbdell'- Urbanite™ An outstanding new Ash cultivar. One of the BEST foliage trees I have come across in the world. Deep dark glossy green foliage with a silvery underside that shimmers in the breeze. Extremely drought and heat tolerant. Autumn colour is yellows and purples. An outstanding tree.
Click to enlarge Gleditsia Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Sunburst' Extremely heat and drought tolerant tree. Yellow, fern like foliage that turns to a green with yellow tones in summer. Unusual, beautiful branching habit that I feel is under appreciated.
Click to enlarge Koelreuteria Koelreuteria paniculata Extremely drought and heat tolerant. Interesting flowering and fruiting tree. Large yellow panicles sit high above the foliage, followed by 'Chinese lantern' type fruit.
Click to enlarge Lagerstroemia (Crepe Myrtle) Lagerstroemia fauriei 'Kiowa' New introduction, Lagerstroemia 'Kiowa' is a heat and drought tolerant white flowering crepe myrtle. Sensational, almost fake looking bark as the tree matures. Mid green foliage that has a very architectural appearance
Click to enlarge Melia Melia azedarach 'Caroline'PBR symbol BRAND NEW RELEASE. Deciduous Australian native that has bright yellow berries in winter. I have been evaluating this tree for numerous years and have released it on to the market because of its perfect uniform shape. Dark, deep green large fern like foliage.
Click to enlarge Top 10 Trees Pyrus - Ornamental Pears These excellent garden trees can handle heat and drought to water logged soil - just about anything you can imagine. Most flower in spring and have good to very good autumn colour. A range of one of the best small/medium garden trees in the world.
Click to enlarge Ulmus (Elm) Ulmus parvifolia 'Todd'PBR symbol A new selection of the Chinese elm, with a more upright structure than the species. Small dark green foliage that can be semi evergreen in the right environment. Chinese elms are great trees that handle all sorts of climatic conditions. Tough and reliable.