Top 5 Texas Trees for Spring
These native trees are filled with blooms!
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What are native trees?
Trees that are native to your local area have grown there for thousands of years.
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Why plant native trees?
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Our suburban yards could use more native trees.
They have adapted to your local climate.
They are great host plants for butterflies.
They create a sense of place - a true Texas feel!
1. Texas Mountain Laurel
One of the first trees to flower in Central Texas each spring. Blooms smell like Grape Kool-Aid!
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2. Texas Redbud
This tree is hard to miss when in bloom in March & April - it is covered in purplish pink flowers!
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3. Huisache Tree
This South Texas tree is covered in fluffy yellow ball-shaped blossoms from March-April.
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4. Retama Tree
This South Texas tree is drought tolerant with lime green branches and bright yellow flowers.
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5. Mexican Plum
This tree is covered in bees when in bloom. It is a host plant to the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly.
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