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.

Red mangrove trees could become more pervasive in Texas, based on a recent discovery of its torpedo-shaped seeds on the state's shores. The appearance of the seeds, which measure around eight inches ...

The past 30 years have seen a surge of interest in native Texas plants. They would seem to be a great choice for landscaping, but some are more user-friendly than others. Let me give some details ...

Bradford pear trees are a variety of the Callery pear, which was introduced to the U.S. from Asia in the early 1900s in an attempt to fight fire blight, a disease that affected common pear trees.

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.

Take a look at this list of the crazy things we do with shade trees in North Texas. Too often we plant them in the wrong place and don’t take care of them.

Texas Hill Country is a far cry from urban California, with spicy barbecue, worn dance floors, pin-dot towns and ranches that stretch to the horizon. But Texan trees could become the urban forests ...

Fickle as they are, wild pecan trees served their early patrons well. Native Americans in Texas, including the Caddo, Comanche, and Kickapoo, ate and traded loads of pecans—with about 690 ...

Texas Hill Country is a far cry from urban California, with spicy barbecue, worn dance floors, pin-dot towns and ranches that stretch to the horizon. But Texan trees could become the urban forests ...

Now that we’ve had six weeks’ exposure to hot, dry conditions, that’s when the challenging questions start rolling out. (Like an avalanche.) I’ve assembled some of the most common ones in ...