HUISACHE TREE FOLLOWUP

While I'm on vacation, this is a repost of a popular, earlier entry in the blog that I thought I'd share with new readers.  It's such a pretty tree, it deserved a second mention.  Be sure and click on the link in the first sentence where I posted about all it's uses.  Pretty neat.

It was originally published 04/01/2012.  Enjoy!

Huisache Tree up close

As promised, I went over to see the Huisache tree I blogged about HERE.  While walking toward the one I saw, I found that we have more than just one or two.  I counted six of the trees while on my walk.  So here are a couple of them up close.  The flowers, as you can see, are very unusual, little puffballs of yellow.  As I pulled some off, I noticed they are also somewhat delicate.

Another Huisache tree

Here is another one of the trees, different from the one I photographed last time.  It's a nice size and there is this great little meadow in a clearing right around it.  I think I see a future picnic, dining site, ha.

Huisache flowers

The leaves are very fern like which is kind of cool.  But every single one of those flowers has a tiny little thorn right next to it.  Not very easy to harvest the flowers.

Hundreds of Huisache blooms

As for the scent that I mentioned, it's hard to describe.  It sort of reminded me of a pipe tobacco that my Dad used to smoke.  Kind of sweet and yet smokey.  It wasn't as sweet as I thought it was supposed to be, but it was still 'familiar'.  Kind of interesting, in that it's still used as a scent in perfumes today, maybe that's the reason for the familiarity? I can see though how it would be expensive as a fragrance ingredient due to the difficulty in harvesting.  Bottom line, it's a cool tree to have and we have at least six of them growing wild on the property.


Maybe next year I can work on some of the old home remedies/uses I blogged about in that first entry.


Hope you enjoyed the tour!