I have written recently about Hill Country Trees. Now I want to discuss some of the many native Hill Country shrubs. There are far too many to fit into one column, so I thought I would discuss just the evergreen ones today. Most shrubs are multi-trunked although some can appear to be single-trunked small trees. Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora), also called Mescal Bean, is an evergreen shrub usually 4 to 8-foot tall with compound, dark-green leaves with shiny leaflets one to two- ...