Texas Mountain Laurel
It is Mountain Laurel season here at the farm! And this is our twentieth crop of mountain laurels! We’ve learned a few things about them these past few decades – maybe there’s something that will help you. Texas mountain laurels are tricky to propagate and even trickier to transplant. They grow naturally in the Texas…
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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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It’s so disappointing when you get no (or few) blooms on your Texas Mountain Laurels! Fear not . . . there may be a few things you can do to help . . . . Really, these are really some things you should NOT do in order to help your Texas Mountain Laurel bloom more!…
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I was out on the nursery yard this morning taking some photos and caught sight of these beauties! Thick, lush, green, and look at all those bloom stems! These Texas Mountain Laurels were field grown, harvested, add put into 28″ boxes last December. Our goal is to add 1 to 2 feet on…
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