How can I identify a tree i saw in Texas?

I saw a beautiful tree with purple flowers that have a wonderful smell that seems familiar, almost like wine. It has tear-shaped leaves that are across from each other. If anyone knows what is is or can point me to some good websites, please let me know.

How can I identify a tree i saw in Texas?
Sounds like a Texas Mountain Laurel. It has small oval shaped leaves and clusters of purple flowers in the spring. The scent is sometimes described as grape bubble gum or grape Koolaid.
Reply:It sounds like a redbud.
Reply:if it was as nice as you said why did you saw it, and was it the right time of year to prune, if it wasn't it will die.





and its the purple wine gum tree that you sawed,
Reply:Jacaranda or Paulownia (Princess Tree) seem to be the most likely. It would depend on the size of the leaves. See these links:





Jacaranda


http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...





Paulownia


http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...


http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...
Reply:Kindly see if the tree/flower were one like in the link / s below--





http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornam...





http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornam...





otherwise see the gallaries on the link below(11) in all -





http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornam...
Reply:use a plant morphology book. its most propaply a Jacaranda.
Reply:Whisteria. Blooms in spring.
Reply:If it was a small tree it may have been a Redbud (Cercis canadensis). If it was really a shrub, maybe a Lilac (Syringa vulgaris). A large tree with such flowers might have been a Pawlonia (I don't know about the odor of the flowers, though).
Reply:You could be taking about a Jacaranda.