Landscape Trees By Scientific Name M-O

Scientific Name	Common Name	Comments
Magnolia grandiflora	Southern Magnolia	Size: medium sized tree (55' tall by 50' wide) Flowers: large white flowers during summer Fruit: somewhat messy Fall color: none. Broadleaf evergreen. Messy leaves Culture: full sun. Adaptable to soils Disease/insect: none significant Use: signature tree of the South. Requires quite a bit of room
Magnolia x soulangiana	Saucer Magnolia	Size: small sized tree (22' tall by 22' wide) Flowers: urn-shaped early spring (March), pink/white; easily damaged by frosts Fruit: none Fall color: none Culture: full sun. Requires deep, rich, moist soil Disease/insect: none significant Use: single season plant that is hard to beat when in flower
Magnolia stellata	Star Magnolia	Size: large shrub/small sized tree (15' tall by 12' wide) Flowers: white, star-like flowers, early spring (March), fragrant Fruit: not significant Fall color: none Culture: full sun. Requires deep, rich, moist soil. Not recommended for tough sites Insect/disease: none significant Use: small flowering tree. Single season of interest
Magnolia virginiana	Sweetbay Magnolia	Size: large shrub/small sized tree (18' tall by 12' wide) Flowers: never a great show, but attractive over several months. white flowers 3 to 4" across. April to June Fruit: not significant Fall color: broadleaf evergreen Culture: fairly adaptable Insect/disease: none significant Use: screen, upright evergreen accent Misc: native Southeast Arkansas; underside of leaves distinctly silvered
malus sp.	Flowering Crabapple	Size: small sized tree (15' tall by 15' wide) Flowers: known for exceptional flower display. Colors: pink, white, red; single/doubles. Mid-spring (April) Fruits: attractive fruits in the fall/winter, red, orange, yellow; pea-sized to 2" Fall color: generally not significant Culture: full sun. Soil adaptable Disease/insect: cedar apple rust, fireblight Use: small flowering tree Cultivars: hundreds of selections based on differences in plant size, flower color, fruit size/color More common in Northwest Arkansas
Mesasequoia glyptostroboides	Dawn Redwood	Size: medium sized tree (45' tall by 20'); pyramidal Flowers/fruit: not significant Fall color: beautiful reddish brown fall color like Baldcypress; deciduous conifer. Leaves opposite in contrast to alternate for Baldcypress (Taxodium) Culture: full sun. Very adaptable to soil type Disease/insect: none Use: lovely deciduous needle evergreen, street tree
Morus alba 'Pendula'	Weeping White Mulberry	Size: small, specimen tree Flowers/fruit: not significant. Typically a male form so no problem with messy fruits Fall color: none Culture: very adaptable to soil. Full sun Disease/insect: none significant Use: specimen Cultivars: 'Chaparral', 'Pendula'
Nyssa sylvatica	Blackgum; Black Tupelo	Size: medium sized tree (45' tall by 35' wide) Flowers/fruit: not significant. Fruit a blue-black berry (drupe) Fall color: exceptional and reliable red fall color Culture: adaptable Disease/insect: minor leaf spot Use: shade tree Arkansas native
Oxydendrum arboreum	Sourwood	Size: small sized tree (25' tall by 15'); upright oval Flowers: beautiful Lily-of-the-valley flowers in June Fruit: not significant Fall color: exceptional red fall color Culture: rich, deep, moist soil. Probably best suited in Northwest Arkansas Disease/insect: none significant Use: specimen, small summer flowering lawn tree