HGTV Recommended Deciduous Trees for Zone 9 – Sacramento
Apricot, Japanese flowering (Prunus mume)
Ash, Southern prickly, Hercules’ club (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis)
Ash, water (Fraxinus caroliniana)
Beech, American (Fagus grandifolia)
Birch, river (Betula nigra)
Box elder (Acer negundo)
Buckthorn, tough (Bumelia tenax)
Bumelia (Bumelia anomala)
Catalpa, Southern (Catalpa bignonioides)
Cherry, weeping Higan (Prunus subhirtella var. pendula)
Chittamwood, gum bumelia (Bumelia lanuginosa)
Citrus (Citrus sp.)
Coral tree, cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)
Cottonwood, black (Populus balsamifera), West coast
Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia)
Dogwood, flowering (Cornus florida)
Dogwood, Pacific (Cornus nuttallii), West coast
Elm, American (Ulmus americana)
Elm, water, planertree (Planera aquatica)
Elm, winged (Ulmus alata)
Eucalyptus, gum tree (Eucalyptus sp.)
Fig (Ficus carica)
Fringetree, white (Chionanthus virginicus)
Hackberry, common (Celtis occidentalis)
Hickory, pignut (Carya glabra)
Hickory, water (Carya aquatica)
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis)
Hophornbeam, Eastern, American hophornbeam, ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
Hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata)
Hornbeam, American, ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana)
Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia), Zone 9b only
Jerusalem thorn, Mexican palo verde (Parkinsonia aculeata)
Jujube, Chinese date (Ziziphus jujuba)
Locust, black (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
Magnolia, Ashe (Magnolia ashei)
Magnolia, Campbell (Magnolia campbellii), West Coast
Magnolia, saucer (Magnolia x soulangiana)
Maple, bigleaf (Acer macrophyllum), West coast
Maple, red (Acer rubrum)
Maple, Southern sugar, Florida maple (Acer barbatum)
Maple, vine (Acer circinatum), West coast
Oak, bluejack (Quercus incana)
Oak, bluff (Quercus austrina)
Oak, Chapman (Quercus chapmanii)
Oak, cork (Quercus suber)
Oak, laurel (Quercus laurifolia), semi-evergreen
Oak, Oregon white (Quercus garryana)
Oak, pin (Quercus palustris)
Oak, post (Quercus stellata)
Oak, Shumard (Quercus shumardii)
Oak, silk (Grevillea robusta)
Oak, turkey (Quercus laevis)
Oak, water (Quercus nigra)
Olive, Texas (Cordia boissieri)
Oak, white (Quercus alba)
Osage orange (Maclura pomifera)
Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Persimmon, Japanese (Diospyros kaki)
Pistachio (Pistacia vera)
Pistachio, Mount Atlas (Pistacia atlantica)
Pistache, Chinese (Pistacia chinensis)
Plum, Flatwoods (Prunus umbellata)
Pomegranate, punica (Punica)
Poplar, white (Populus alba)
Possumhaw (Ilex decidua)
Redbud, Eastern (Cercis canadensis)
Redbud, Western (Cercis occidentalis)
Sassafras, common (Sassafras albidum)
Soapberry, western (Sapindus drummondii)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Stewartia, silky, silky camellia (Stewartia malacodendron)
Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata)
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Tupelo, black (Nyssa sylvatica)
Tupelo, water (Nyssa aquatica)
Walnut, black (Juglans nigra)
Walnut, English (Juglans regia)
Willow, coastal plain (Salix caroliniana)
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
