Are you looking for a fast-growing, drought tolerant, ornamental, native Texas tree to use in your landscape instead of the exotic and over-used crepe myrtle? Or maybe instead of the foreign vitex?

Gardening enthusiasts, landscape architects and nature lovers will be able to explore these desert oases and gain inspiration ...

Someone needs to tell the Urban Forests Ecosystems Institute that their tree location map is missing the desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) that was planted at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden ...