Texas Mountain Laurel

Sophora secundiflora

Common Names: Mescal Bean

Light: Full Sun/Part Shade

Height: 10′ – 20′

Spacing/Spread: 6′ – 14′

Evergreen: Yes.

Color: Purple.

Interest: Spring flowers, Year around evergreen foliage.

Landscape Companions:

Texas Native: Yes, plant is Texas native.

Extra: WARNING, POISONOUS SEEDS. Deer Resistant.

Wildlife habitat: Provides food/shelter for bees, butterflies and birds.

Features: A wonderful Texas native tree. Thrives in Full sun/Part shade. Xeriscape plant.

Austin Native Landscaping: “If there is one Texas native, small growing, flowering tree you can’t go wrong with, it’s of course a Texas Mountain Laurel. This hard as nails, extremely drought tolerant Texas native (can survive on a partly 14 inches of annual rain) will grace any landscape with its presence. Best of all, its an evergreen! Perfect to conceal that unsightly neighbor of yours or disguise that noisy road near the window. You can train it to a tree form or leave it in a more natural shrubby form. Excellent as a specimen tree and also planted along . The showy purple blooms smell terrific; some describe it as grape soda smell, some think it smells like bubble gum or even kool-aid. The only two cons we can think of are its very slow growing pace and its poisonous seed pods. “

Plantaholic:

Family: Papilionaceae (Pronounced – pa-pil-ee-uh-NAY-see-ee)

Genus: Calia

Species: Secundiflora (Pronounced –sek-und-ee-FLOR-uh)

Propagation: Seeds.

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