Native Shrub in DFW

das0421 · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Posts: 7

I'm wondering about a particular wild shrub (at least I think it's a shrub). I see it abundantly in DFW and this time of year, the leaves start to tip in white. The "shrub" looks scrubby and looks like the leaves on the branches are evergreen-y (rough). I can't think of any other way to describe it but it's beautiful this time of year and into the next couple of months. I think they only get about 5-ft. tall or so. Anyone know what this "shrub" is?

Tony M · Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Posts: 1087 Location: McKinney,TEXAS

Look up "snow on the mountain" or "snow on the prairie", it sounds like one of these.
Tony M

das0421 · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Posts: 7

Thanks but it's not a wildflower. It's a shrub with branches about an inch in diameter. It looks like some kind of scrub sage (or what I picture scrub sage looking like). It's got long needles of which the ends turn white in the Fall. Let me know if anyone out there knows this shrub.

dragonfly · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:40 pm Post subject:

Maybe you're referring to salt cedar? If so, I don't encourage incorporating it into your landscape. It takes alot of work and persistence to keep it manageable. We have some that grows wild here, and it's a never-ending chore, but it is kind of pretty imo.

Gar · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Posts: 533 Location: Lavon,Texas

das0421
Can you take a picture of it and post for us to look at? That way we can identify it.

das0421 · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Posts: 7

I will take a photo as soon as I can. And I think it is invasive. It looks like it is. But I always picture cutting sprigs to make wreaths with it since the tips are naturally white. Beautiful.

Thanks!

dragonfly · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:10 pm Post subject:

If it's salt cedar (and I would bet it is), the white you see are the flowers at the tips of the branches and stems. They are small wispy looking flowers, and in my yard, are covered with wasps this time of year.