We are excited to share the news that Legendary Trees will be opening a Fort Worth nursery later this year! Our team has been humbled by the amount of customers who want to come pick out their own Legendary Tree. Therefore, we have decided to open a location that is more convenient to our customers…
Johnny Cash, Angel Oak, Treaty Oak and Century Tree Seedlings Last fall, the research team at Legendary Trees gathered over 6,000 acorns. To accomplish their goal, they drove over 2,100 miles and visited 29 FAMOUS trees in 5 states. Trees visited included the Johnny Cash Tree in Tennessee, the Angel Oak in South Carolina, the Treaty Oak in Austin…
It all started with our “Family Tree” The idea behind Legendary Trees started with our love of an incredible live oak tree in my front yard. This picture was taken 3 years ago, and it shows my son (Gus) standing beside this monster! This particular tree is one of the largest in Fort Worth and often draws…
The Lonesome Dove Story Begins with This Tree We will have saplings from the Goodnight Loving Pecan for sale this fall. Under this pecan tree in 1866, Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving formed an agreement to drive their cattle north to sell to settlers, military forts and Indian camps. The Goodnight Loving Trail became the primary route to drive…
Get a Seedling from the Tree Johnny Cash Planted! We are really excited about the seedlings that we have coming up from the Pin Oak Tree that Johnny Cash planted the day his son was born. The tree grows on the Cash Estate in Hendersonville, TN. Numerous magazines and newspapers have written about the tree, including…
Sam Houston’s Kissing Tree This fall’s crop of acorns from the Kissing Tree (San Marcos, TX) are already sprouting! Sam Houston made a speech underneath the boughs of this tree in 1857 in his campaign to become the Governor of Texas. After the speech, Houston kissed (rather ambitiously) several of the attractive women who had…
For the last 3 years, we’ve dreamed of sharing the history of these famous trees and the events that they have witnessed in their lifetimes! With plenty of hard work, countless miles driven and plenty of mentoring from tree experts, our dream has finally come true! We have a small supply of year-old saplings that…
