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So, I'm out cleaning up some garbage the the wind blew into the yard last night, when I stop to smell the pine (sorry flower lovers, but I grew up in pine forested mountains). I noticed an unusual...

Just because evergreens stay green, doesn't mean they don't make messes. Many evergreens can be just as messy as deciduous trees. Most evergreens will shed as much as 1/3 of their leaves or needles...

Since you're going back to take pictures, why not go knock on the door and ask them about the trees.

Could it be an Alba? White Oak? Their leaves and stems usually start as a pinkish red before turning green, and they are native to at least eastern parts of Texas.

After looking up currants, I believe this is the winner.

Sorry for the limited pics, but I had already cut them down, out of the hedgerow before I thought about photographing and asking.

I'm testing out some Canadian Hemlocks at my place, now. If I don't kill them after a couple more years, they will be my new "fence" hedge.

I've had a couple of these bushes pop up in my hedge. The Arborday identifier wasn't much help, but since the leaves look to have a maple-like shape I tried an open source search and found a...

I have three Burr Oak in front of my house for summer shade. Right now, one has leaves that are about half-grown, while the other two are just starting to show openings on the buds.

Then again,...

I love my pine trees, but the rampant infestation of pine beetles up here has me worried. I'm far enough away from any other pines to have them migrate in, but I do collect dead fall for firewood...

P.S. Not a pine, by the way. Evergreen, but not a pine.
Maybe semantics, but I've noticed that I get treated better at my local nurseries when I use proper terminology.

Looks to me like the tree grew out around a branch that probably died earily in the tree's life. I think it's pretty common with a lot of the wild pine around here. Lodgepole, mostly. It's lower...