Experts select the best flowering trees that will thrive in North Texas landscapes. Flowering trees can add color and shade to your yard. FIREWORKS AND MORE Find where to celebrate the 4th of July ...

Texas redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis), a deciduous native, is a great early-flowering tree.Clusters of magenta flowers hug the bare branches in February or early March, before the heart ...

The Texas redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) is drought-tolerant and not that picky about soil. This small tree, up to 20 feet in height at maturity, produces rosy pink flowers in early ...

The pecan tree is native to about 150 counties in Texas, helping it earn its designation as the official state tree of Texas. These trees are planted both for aesthetics and for their nuts, ...

"Flowering trees also play a crucial role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere," says Greg Thomas, co-owner of Barton Springs Nursery in Austin, Texas.

Texas' redbud trees have pink to magenta pea-like flowers nestled in clusters along limbs in late winter to early spring, ... is native as far west as East Texas. Trees grow up to 40 feet tall.

When it comes to planting native Texas plants, some are more user friendly than others. Here are your best bets for shade trees and shrubs.

There are as many as 281 native tree species in Texas, from the universally beloved southern live oak to the unfairly maligned ashe juniper (a.k.a. mountain cedar).

Arts & Entertainment. Why the Mexican sycamore is better for Texas than our native tree American sycamores are majestic and have dramatic foliage, but they are also very susceptible to disease.

In 1843, a Grand Council of the Tribes, comprised of Native American chiefs, Texas President Sam Houston, and several of his agents, arranged to meet at Grapevine Springs to negotiate terms of the ...