One of the few downsides to buying a new house is the lack of trees. On the positive, it allows the homeowner to plant what ever they want. When we bought our house a year ago, the builder had planted 2 trees. Several weeks ago we planted 4 more trees. We had wanted to plant trees last Fall but could not decide what kind of trees to buy and where to plant them. We have decided what we wanted and bought three shade trees and one fruit tree. Currently we have two oak trees, one in the fruit and one in the backyard. We planted three more trees in our backyard and one on our side yard. The shade trees are all drought tolerant once established, which is good in Texas. The Chinese Pistache and Shumardi Red Oak are fast growing trees. The Chinquapin Oak is a slow growing tree. I have always wanted a peach tree so we bought a White Princess Peach tree which is supposed to have super sweet peaches. The White Princess Peach tree is self pollinating. However, we may purchase another peach tree in the future because most fruit trees do better with a partner. Our peach tree already has some fruit on it. I hope it produces lots of delicious fruit in the future. I'm also looking forward to our shade trees providing nice shade in the future. We planted them so we could still allow plenty of free space to run and play in our backyard and sunny area for a nice garden.
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| Chinquapin Oak |
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| White Princess Peach |
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| Shumardi Red Oak |
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| Chinese Pistache |
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