Texas Gardening: Flowering tree suggestions, 1 by pbtxlady

pbtxlady wrote:
Josephine, if you could save your redbud for me, I would love that. The reason I'm waffling over the color is that whatever I put there will have the house as a background. My house is dark red, and--believe it or not--there are a lot of colors that really clash with it. That vivid lavender is one of them. But, if it turns out that it is that color, I can always find another spot for it, where its beauty will really be displayed.

Lovetropics, I actually already have a fruitless pomegranate. (Although it does fruit after all, and every year we check to see, "can we eat them yet?" LOL!) It's not exactly what I'm looking for for this particular spot. But I just love, love, love the one I have. They're so beautiful, and if that wasn't enough by itself, my hummers adore it too.

Here is a photo of the spot where I need a new tree. It's several years old, and doesn't begin to show how much the pear had encroached on the sweetgum and the house. But hopefully it'll give you an idea where we need a new tree.