Yesterday while trimming the pomegranate, apple, and pyracantha, I decided to take inventory of the trees on our property. I’ve never done this and really had no idea how many we had.
THROUGHOUT PROPERTY
Live Oaks – Can’t begin to count, 100+
Cedar – 30+
FRONT YARD
Cedar Elm – I lived in the house a year before I noticed that this tree was different from the live oaks. The canopy is so high, that it was smaller leaves in fall that gave it away.
Yaupon Holly Cluster
Evergreen Sumac Cluster
Additional Evergreen Sumac – I love the canopy on this tree
Pyracantha
*Desert Willow
*Acacia
*Corkscrew Mesquite
*Flowering Senna
*Aromatic Sumac
*Yellow Bird of Paradise
*Kidneywood
*Almond Verbena – hoping this one survives it’s lawn mower trim
Mountain Laurel – 1 cluster, *2 regular trees, *1 silver peso
Crepe Myrtle – 5 pink, 1 white (the white is in the back)
In the Orchard …
*3 Apple Trees – Anna, Mollie’s Delicious, Granny Smith
*3 Peach Trees – Tex Prince, June Gold, Texas Star
*3 Fig – Everbearing, Blue, Unknown/transplant (2 of these are in the back yard)
*1 Pecan – Desirable
BACK YARD
Texas Persimmon – 7
*Olive – 3 – Mission, Arbequina, Arbosana
*Kumquat
*Key Lime
*Meyer Lemon
*Satsuma
Pomegranate – 2
Have you ever tried trimming a tree with a cat in it? It makes branch selection a little more challenging
*Brazos Avocado
*Bay Laurel
*Anacacho Orchid
*Mexican Redbud
*Possumhaw Holly
*Eve’s Necklace
Sago Palm
Mulberry – bummed that this one is a male
Palo Verde / Retama – 2
Chinaberry – ~5
*And can’t forget the bottle trees – 2
* Trees I planted
— As of 2/16 I have also added an Anna apple tree, a bottlebrush and am including my Pineapple Guava and a frost lemon.
Wow! That’s a ton of trees! You guys are on the perfect piece of property!
Thanks, can’t wait for you to see it someday!
That’s a whole lotta trees!
Glad most of them don’t require watering!
That’s quite an inventory. Plants to follow? I remember once trying to make a list of all the plants I had for a garden tour. I gave up.
That would be quite a task, especially since I have forgotten half of their names! Maybe that can be a May go-go project 🙂
Hi Laura – this was such a great idea that I made a tree inventory post on my blog.
I’m still amazed at the numbers of oak trees that fit onto your lot!
Thanks for the inspiration and hope you’re enjoying the warm spell,
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Loving this heat. Can’t wait for the trees to show their appreciation as we’ll 🙂
You’ve got quite a collection, and nice size, a lot of mine are still just babies
Wow! I’m jealous of your space. It would take me about 30 seconds to list my trees. Don’t you just love Texas Persimmon? I would love to have some. I’ll have to wait until my next house, or life, for some. You are fortunate to have such a great variety.
Thanks Tina! Agree, they are beautiful trees. I’m just lucky the previous owner thought so as well. Now I just need to learn how to cook with them.
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