Blooming Trees
Sunday was the perfect day to spend outdoors – cool and sunny. After burning the branches already in the fire pit, we wandered through the yard trimming dead wood to keep the fire going. It gave us a chance to take a good look at our trees – how they’ve grown, what looks good, and what…
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Texas Persimmons, also known as Chapote, is a small semi-deciduous tree with dark green leaves. It is often low forking or multi-trunked. In South Texas, Texas Persimmons performs much like a live oak, retaining its leaves throughout the winter and then dropping them shortly before flushing fresh leaves in the spring. It prefers well drained, alkaline soils. …
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Native to Southwest and Central Texas, the blooms of the Texas Mountain Laurel are one of the first signs of spring. The flowers are typically dark purple but occasionally a tree will bloom in pale lavender or white. No matter the color, the flower clusters have the distinctive aroma of grape soda. Mountain Laurels are…
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