Texas flowering trees for bees
Purple flower clusters that put wisteria to shame dangle from Texas mountain laurel, and sweet white flowers of Mexican plum draw the bees.… Read More
Earliest spring flowers are popping
Spring has arrived in earnest in Austin about two weeks early. In response to the heat, plants are leaping up and bursting into bloom.… Read More
Texas mountain laurel bliss – and books! – at Barton Springs Nursery
Last week Barton Springs Nursery was marinating in grape Kool-Aid fragrance thanks to a bumper crop of Texas mountain laurel blossoms. … Read More
Comings and goings in the spring garden
She ran a week late, but Spring finally made up her mind and sprung. Last week ornamental trees like Mexican plum flushed into flower. … Read More
Grapey gorgeous Texas mountain laurel
The sweet grape scent of Texas mountain laurel is the smell of springtime in Central Texas. … Read More
Grape-scented explosion of Texas mountain laurels
March 15, 2018 It’s Bloom Day, and Austin is abloom right now in Texas mountain laurel grapiness. Grapiness, you ask? Yes! Purple blossoms that draw comparisons to wisteria hang from every glossy-leaved branch and scent the air with the fragrance … Read More