Flowers bring joy—and your backyard can deliver flowers to you daily when you plant a Wild Olive tree, also known as the Anacahuita (pronounced ANA-COW-EAT-A). The citizens of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, honor this beautiful tree as their state flower. Historically, the Wild Olive grew no further north than the Rio Grande Valley, but now is a popular landscape tree around the state. Botanically, the “olive” is not related to the types of olives people eat. However, birds and mammals enjoy the wild “olive”. The gorgeous white flowers primarily bloom from March to June, but can be seen throughout the year. The nectar ...