Please ID this tree.....

[geronimo]

I have two young trees in pots, don't know what they are. Each growing (new growth) tip branch consists of 8 leaves. Each leaf is almost perfect oval, only slightly pointed a the tip. They are abt 1 in. long and 1/4 in wide. In the spring it has bright yellow flowers that are about 3/8 in. in diameter, and have 6 petals. Any ideas? I live in S. Texas, and the TAMU tree finder website for Texas didn't seem to have this tree, maybe it does not grow natively here.

[Stewart Robert Hinsley]

In message , geronimo writes

What you may be describing are single pinnate leaves with 8 leaflets.

Bright yellow flowers in spring suggests Forsythia, but that has 4 petals. It also flowers while leafless.

Possibly someone in Texas will recognise you plant, but otherwise we need more details (or photographs).

[Tom J]

Or if you are at or near Geronimo, put it out front at the store with a sign asking customers to tell you the name. ;-)

Tom J

[D. Staples]

I doubt they are trees, sounds more like a shrub, or woody weed. Trees seldom bloom that small, or that early.