by Bob Harms ()

Texas Madrone, Arbutus xalapensis

Madrone flowers

The madrones shown here were grown from seed, planted in 1977. The trunk of the largest of these is strikingly red when wet. Its berries have now produced over a hundred young madrones in adjacent areas.

Red madrone trunk Madrone berries


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