A Myriad Of Trees Thrive In The Ultimately Umbrageous Eastern Cross Timbers

Mother Nature devoted eons to creating what is known as the “Eastern Cross Timbers”, a narrow area of sandy, loamy, slightly acidic soil that stretches from near Austin into southeast Kansas. It passes between Fort Worth and Dallas and right through Colleyville. Unlike its big city siblings on the nearby prairie, Colleyville is blessed with soil that supports a cornucopia of trees and understory plants and is renowned for producing larger trees. In pioneer times the band of timber was a famous landmark. In fact, the area was once so densely wooded that author Washington Irving called it the “Cast Iron Forest” when he struggled through on an exploratory trip in the 1830’s.

The outline of the Cross Timbers as defined by the EPA

David Bagwell Company has sought to exploit the tree growing opportunity that the soils of Colleyville present. We believe trees represent a segment of our culture not bound up in material things, and they connect us to the Eternal. In planting trees throughout the neighborhoods we develop, we seek to create an enriching environment and instill in each a Sense of Place to be valued not only by today’s homebuyers, but also by owners in years to come.

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