Pomegranates are delicious apple-sized red fruits with a thick, leathery skin surrounding juicy seed-containing pods (arils). Pomegranate fruit grows on small to large shrubs or small ornamental trees, and the flowering plants thrive in warmer climates. In the right conditions, pomegranate trees are easy to grow and are ready for harvesting in the winter. The tasty arils are delicious fresh, or you can make pomegranate juice, add the pods to salads, or use them in cooking.

The purple leaf plum tree is a beautiful ornamental flowering tree with dark burgundy or purple leaves, fragrant whitish-pink spring blossoms, and an attractive shape. Also called the cherry plum tree, the purple leaf tree also produces small plum-like yellow or red edible fruit. In a garden landscape, the relatively small deciduous tree has many ornamental uses.

Hornbeam trees are a group of deciduous, flowering hardwood trees in the genus Carpinus. Hornbeams are ornamental landscape trees with a wide canopy, dark green, ovate leaves with serrated margins, and slim clusters of yellowish flowers. Common species of hornbeam trees—the American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) and European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)—are popular in home garden landscapes and parks.

The Kentucky coffee tree (also spelled coffeetree) is an attractive medium-sized deciduous tree with pinnate green leaves, greenish-white flowers, and large reddish-brown seed pods. Native to the Midwest, the Kentucky coffee tree is identified by its irregular oval crown with open branches that provide partial shade. Additionally, scaly gray-brown furrowed bark and reddish-brown twigs help identify the tree in winter.

The zelkova tree is a tall ornamental shade tree with a spreading, rounded or vase-shaped crown, attractive gray peeling bark, and large ovate leaves with serrated margins. The broadleaf deciduous zelkova tree produces clusters of non-showy yellowish-green flowers in spring. After blooming, the zelkova tree has small green drupes that mature to brown in the fall.