Buy Sophora secundiflora

Also Known As

Calia secundiflora
Mescal Bean
Texas Mountain Laurel

Plant type

tree, shrub

size

H: 15'-25'
W: 5'-15'

planting zones

7a-10b

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Sophora secundiflora plant details

Sophora secundiflora is a broadleaf evergreen shrub or tree with green foliage. In spring purple flowers emerge. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Sophora secundiflora

Plant type: shrub or tree
Plant family: fabaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 5 FT - 15 FT - wide, 15 FT - 25 FT - tall
Flowers: purple blooms in spring
Uses: hedge

GROWING CONDITIONS for Sophora secundiflora

USDA Zones: 7a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun - bright shade
Resistant to: heat
Soil needs: average and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This Texas/New Mexico native is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful of the American woody plants; it is a medium-large shrub (10-15?) with evergreen leaves and racemes of lavender pea-like flowers that are exquisitely fragrant in early spring, shiny red seeds in fall are quite showy and used in jewelery, but also poisonous. S/M-D/GDr

By: Forestfarm

The slow-growing Texas Mountain Laurel is native to desert environments and generally thrives in sunny, arid locations, where it can make an excellent scenic hedge with proper pruning. Each spring, it produces fragrant clusters of violet-blue flowers which create a wonderful display against the tree’s shiny dark green foliage. The Texas Mountain Laurel is known in its native Mexico, Texas and New Mexico as the mescal bean or frijolito “little bean” plant, though it has no relation to the mezcal-producing agave, and the bean-like seeds were primarily used by Native Americans as decorative beads, not as an actual food source.

By: Instant Hedge

Evergreen shrub with conspicuous, fragrant purple flowers, needs heat. Texas Mountain Laurel is well known to gardeners in the Southwest, for its tolerance of extreme drought and heat and reliable show of fragrant purple flowers. It is also a beautiful broad-leafed evergreen plant for areas where deciduous trees are the norm, and can reach 30' tall. Hardy to at least 0 °F.