Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Trees ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Chinese Tallow Tree, Candleberry Tree, Chicken Tree, Popcorn Tree, Florida Aspen (Triadica sebifera), Euphorbiaceae Family, naturalized, deciduous, good fall color


It is considered invasive in other states such as Florida and California, but doesn't seem to be a problem in the San Antonio area. The leaves tend to be pale in limestone soils.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/32151/index.html

The Chinese tallow provides wonderful fall color. I wished that I could have taken this photo 2 weeeks before a lot of the leaves dropped. I had to purchase a new camera. There are a few white blooms still on the tree in December.