Question: I planted Cordia boissieri (Texas olive) in my garden and its thriving. Now I'm getting fruit from the tree; they are grape-sized waxy and soft. Is this fruit edible (by humans)? Should it ...

Even though the white geiger is a small, cold-hardy, drought-tolerant, flowering tree that thrives in our climate, it's infrequently planted here. Also called Texas olive, the white geiger (Cordia ...

We have so many wonderful choices of landscape plants here in the Mojave. For those who are less interested in flowers than in fall foliage colors, Chinese pistache (‘red push’) trees turn nearly as ...

A drought-tolerant flowering tree that's suitable for small yards is Texas wild olive. Georgia Tasker/Miami Herald Staf Miami Herald file photo Texas wild olive — Cordia boissieri — is a flowering ...

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