SFA Gardens is recognized for its work with ornamentals and fruit crops. The following emphasizes species that the gardens has introduced, pioneered or emphasized in outreach evaluation projects.

Acer palmatum https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/acer-palmatum-the-aristocrat-of-small-trees

Acer saccharum ssp. skutchii https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/acer-skutchii-the-rare-mexico-mountain-sugar-maple

Actinidia chinensis https://dcreechsite.com/2018/10/29/actinidia-chinensis-golden-kiwifruit-opportunity-or-headache/

Agave potrerana https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/agave-potrerana-hunting-plants-in-mexico

Amorphophallus titanum https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/amorphophallus-titanium-the-story-of-jack-the-corpse-flower

Araucaria angustifolia https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/araucaria-angustifolia-the-tree-that-refused-to-die

Callicarpa americana https://dcreechsite.com/2025/12/01/callicarpa-americana-welchs-pink-an-american-beautyberry-born-on-9-11/

Callistemon https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/callistemon-bottlebrushes-for-east-texas

Callistemon https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/callistemons-bottlebrushes-for-east-texas

Camellia of ten thousand flowers https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/the-camellia-of-ten-thousand-flowers

Celtis sinensis ‘Green Cascade’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/celtis-sinensis-green-cascade

Chilopsis linearis https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/chilopsis-linearis-the-desert-willow

Chionanthus retusus https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/chionanthus-retusus-chinese-fringe-tree

Cinnamomum https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/cinnamomum-chekiangensis-a-really-big-camphor-tree-for-the-south

Cornus florida ssp. pringlei https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/cornus-florida-ssp-urbiniana-mexico-dogwood

Cunninghammia https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/cunninghammias-need-a-fan-club

Daphniphyllum https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/daphniphyllum-macropodum-redneck-rhodie

Distylium racemosum https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/distylium-racemosum-isu-tree

Emmenopterys henryi https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/emmenopterys-henryi

Euschapis japonica https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/euscahpis-japonica-the-korean-sweetheart-tree

Ficus carica https://dcreechsite.com/2016/08/24/figs-for-the-pineywoods/

Franklinia alatamaha https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/01/franklinia-alatamaha-another-bucket-list-tree-for-the-serious-gardener

Gaillardia aestivalis var. winklerii https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/gaillardia-aestivalis-walt-rock-var-winkleri-texas-white-firewheel

Gardenia jasminoides ‘Whispering Pines’ and ‘Cutie Pie’ https://dcreechsite.com/2025/12/01/gardenia-jasminoides-whispering-pines-and-cutie-pie-are-arctic-blast-survivors/

Halesia diptera https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/halesia-diptera-a-native-two-winged-silverbell-with-class

Hibiscus hamabo https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/hibiscus-hamabo-a-plant-of-mystery-and-intrigue

Ilex X ‘Calina’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/ilex-x-calina

Ilex X ‘Cherry Bomb’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/ilex-x-cherry-bomb

Keteleeria evelyniana https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/keteleeria-evelyniana

Lagerstroemia faurei ‘Bayou View’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/lagerstroemia-fauriei-bayou-view-is-this-the-national-champ-or-not

Mahonia gracilis https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/mahonia-gracilis-the-graceful-mahonia

Melliodendron xylocarpum https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/melliodendron-xylocarpum-woodyfruit

Osmanthus fragrans https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/osmanthus-fragrans-a-chinese-treasure

Parrotia persica and P. subaequalis https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/parrotia-persica-they-dont-call-it-persian-ironwood-for-nothing

Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/phlox-nivalis-ssp-texensis-texas-trailing-phlox

Photinia serrulata https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/photinia-serrulata-chinese-photinia

Pinus taeda ‘Nana’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/pinus-taeda-nana-dwarf-loblolly

Prunus ‘Purple Pride’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/prunus-x-purple-pride-the-very-purple-plum-with-native-genetics

Quercus canbyi https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/quercus-canbyi-canbyi-oak

Quercus germana https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/quercus-germana-royal-oak-of-mexico

Quercus rysophylla – https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/one-mexico-oak-thats-texas-tough

Rhododendron ‘Koromo Shikibu’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/07/rhododendron-x-koromo-shikibu-a-purple-spider-azalea-and-her-sfa-child-speckled-spider

Schima species https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/02/1564

Scuttelaria suffretescens https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/scuttelaria-suffrutescens-texas-rose
Sophora affinis https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/sophora-affinis-eves-necklace

Sophora secundiflora https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/sophora-secundiflora-ill-have-hot-sauce-with-my-frijolitos-please

Spigellia marilandica https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/a-love-affair-with-indian-pink

Stewartia malacodendron https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/stewartia-malacodendron-the-rare-silky-camellia-of-east-texas

Styrax japonica ‘Emerald Pagoda’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/styrax-japonica-emerald-pagoda

Taxodium distichum ‘Cascade Falls’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/musings-from-the-treehenge

Taxodium distichum ‘Jim’s Little Guy’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/24/taxodium-distichum-jims-little-guy

Taxodium distichum ‘Senator’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/taxodium-distichum-the-senator-say-goodbye

Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/25/taxodium-distichum-var-mexicanum-the-arbole-de-tule

Taxodium X ‘LaNana’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/taxodium-x-lanana-born-in-america-and-mexico-improved-in-china

Taxodium X Cryptomeria? https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/02/taxodium-x-cryptomeria-fact-or-fiction

Ulmus parvifolia ‘Blizzard’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/ulmus-parvifolia-blizzard

Ulmus X hollandica ‘Jacqueline Hillier’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/ulmus-x-hollandica-jacqueline-hillier-a-dwarf-elm-for-the-gardener-who-has-everything

Vacciniums for East Texas https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/vaccinium-blueberries-for-the-south

Viburnum X ‘Lord Byron’ https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/viburnum-x-lord-byron

Vitis https://dcreechsite.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/vitis-trialing-grapes-behind-the-pineywoods-curtain