Pearl acacia is a large shrub, native to Australia, that can be pruned into a tidy 10- to 20-foot-tall tree. From late fall ...

And there she was. As my wife and I rounded the corner heading toward our son’s house in McKinney to pick up two of our grandsons this past Sunday afternoon, this radiant beauty called out my name.

What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...