Savannah holly is a good evergreen for North Texas.(Howard Garrett) The Leyland cypress tree is not a good evergreen choice for your landscaping here in North Texas. It’s pretty when healthy but ...

Three of the most common conifers that grow in North America are pine, fir, and spruce trees. Conifers are among the smallest, largest, and oldest living woody plants known in the world.

Both hybrids and native pecans are excellent shade trees, even though they’re not the tidiest of trees. Magnolia is an excellent tree, especially the various evergreen choices.

Here is a list of the most common North American hardwood trees with links to their ranges, their identifying, and habitat descriptions, plus photos.

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

With silver-green foliage and dazzling purple-pink blooms, Texas sage is a shrub that demands attention. This North American plant is known as the 'State Native Shrub of Texas', seen growing in ...

Gardening 101: Planting spring trees in North Texas 02:20. NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Perhaps you've noticed the early bloomers over the last few weeks.Red buds especially are putting on a ...