Mara I agree. The new foliage on trees is magic, so I took up the challenge and went out to take some pictures.

This photo shows the red foliage of Forest pansy redbud. In the foreground is the bright green of a Youpon holly tree with its mottled bark. In the background is aTeneza tree in bloom. The yellow green on the right is Crapemyrtle and the neighbors tall dark green live oak ...

Behind Climbing pinkie rose is the bright green foliage of Texas smoke tree contrasting with the dark bark ...

Closeup of the leaves which turn bright yellow in the fall ..

The delicate new foliage of legumes is always lovely. This is Mexican yellow bird of paradise ...

The draping foliage of Sweetwood Aroya tree always looks fresh. How it manages that is a mystery as it's growing by the street and is never watered. I guess its roots go under the sidewalk and into my neighbor's minimally watered lawn. It even manages to bloom year after year with its cinnamon scented orchid like flowers ...

I couldn't resist including Trifoliate orange whose dark green limbs and thorns contrast nicely with the new foliage. It hasn't bloomed yet this year. I hope it's just late ...

Mara and others, I bet y'all have more new tree foliage to show us. How about it? Mesquite foliage is probably quite nice, but I wouldn't know since I don't have one. I'd love to see it. It's probably blooming about now, eh?

This post was edited by roselee on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 19:20