We went on a New Year’s Day hike this year at Hornsby Bend. It was a nice hike, but I saw a tall bush I hadn’t really noticed before. I looked it up and it’s Colubrina texensis - Texas Snakewood or Texas Hog Plum.
Colubrina texensis
After all of our Loquat trees died in the great freeze I’ve been trying to restablish screening plants. I noticed that Texas Kidneywood is a good screening plant in Winter, even though it’s decidious. Its branches are so fine and interwoven that it provides pretty good screening. I noticed the Hog Plum has a similar habit.
I ordered some seeds off of Etsy. I’m still very amatuer when it comes to growing things from seeds. I think most of my success is just accidental. In any case I squealed the other night when I saw this. Julie came running to see what was going on.
Hog Plum Seedlings
Fingers crossed, we’ll be getting some new bushes this year, and I’ll have some to share!