Grows wild around Decatur, Texas. Handles sun or shade; in fact, the one I have growing in the shade has been more prolific, but that co...Read Moreuld be because it's growing in Living Earth. Very hard to find in nurseries.
Dandy little tree - grew from little transplant dug up at neighbor's about 10 years ago. It has lots of "daughters" but it's not a probl...Read Moreem if you mow. All of a sudden, this year there has been NO green on it. Last year it looked just fine. I can't imagine what happened. Surely it lives longer than that!
Very cool little tree that needs little care but benefits from an organic program. I found a horned caterpillar on mine last fall for se...Read Moreveral weeks which would suggest its a host plant. This is a good replacement for Japanese Maples and has the same upright and slender branching pattern. Native to Dallas. Waxy leaves have not scorched yet during droughts.
In the southern U.S., this native Sophora grows to a small (under 15') shrub or tree with rounded crown. Tolerates full hot sun and humi...Read Moredity very well. Drought tolerant and withstood the ice storm we had in Feb 2003.
The blooms are a reddish pink/mauve color and resembles a wisteria-type bloom about half the size. The seed pods are a "string of pearls" that are black. They dry on the tree and hang for a long time. I gather them, sand between sandpaper sheets to thin hard coat, then plant them. Unsure of germination length.
Sometimes planted as an ornamental, but the seeds may be poisonous.
Grows wild around Decatur, Texas. Handles sun or shade; in fact, the one I have growing in the shade has been more prolific, but that co...Read More
Dandy little tree - grew from little transplant dug up at neighbor's about 10 years ago. It has lots of "daughters" but it's not a probl...Read More
Very cool little tree that needs little care but benefits from an organic program. I found a horned caterpillar on mine last fall for se...Read More
In the southern U.S., this native Sophora grows to a small (under 15') shrub or tree with rounded crown. Tolerates full hot sun and humi...Read More