This tree will grow up to a hundred feet tall or more, but you can, of course, keep it smaller by pruning. Many commercial pecan growers keep their trees at a height of 40 feet.

The pecan tree became the official state tree of Texas in 1919, ... Pecan trees bear male and female flowers at different locations on the same tree; however, the bloom times seldom coincide.

Dr. Nesbitt said that pecan trees, the state tree of Texas, typically bloom in late March to early April, which is well into the official start of spring -- March 21.

Many commercial pecan growers keep their trees at a height of 40 feet. Pecan trees have a habit of alternate bearing, meaning they produce heavily one year and lightly or not at all the next. Many ...