While the bluebonnets covered the hillsides this past month, we noticed a very bright orange-gold tree in multiple pastures along the highways. On the smallish side, we both thought it was a honey mesquite but weren’t sure.
While looking at a couple of properties with our son-in-law this week, Bill cut a branch off of one for me to sketch. The golden flowering time is past but the local realtor identified it for us as a Weesatch. Looking it up online, I found the regular name is Huisache, probably pronounced “Weesatch”; it’s also called Sweet Acacia.
Not very sweet with those very long, very sharp thorns!
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