Top 5 Texas Trees for Spring  These native trees are filled with blooms!

What are native trees?Trees that are native to your local area have grown there for thousands of years. 

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!

2. Texas Redbud This tree is hard to miss when in bloom in March & April - it is covered in purplish pink flowers!

3. Huisache Tree This South Texas tree is covered in fluffy yellow ball-shaped blossoms from March-April.

4. Retama Tree This South Texas tree is drought tolerant with lime green branches and bright yellow flowers.

5. Mexican Plum This tree is covered in bees when in bloom. It is a host plant to the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly.