This tree is quite remarkable, and though I've only had four of them for one year, a rave review is in order; Echoing earlier comments,...Read More this tree is much hardier than the official designation. Here in Abilene, Texas, we had several arctic outbreaks this winter. It reached 8 degrees at our house twice this season. All four survived outside, unprotected. This is a confirmed zone 7b plant at least. There was dieback on the terminal branches, but not much (1/4 to 1/3 the length). My Parkinsonia aculeata completely bit the dust, as a comparison. The dead tips of the woody stems, when broken, smell of vanilla! I can't wait until they are big enough to bloom! Overall, beautiful and amazingly hardy tree!
i was wondering if the tree looses it leaves after a freeze ??it was doing so good till the freeze and now the leaves are all yellow.. it...Read More was covered also
This tree is much hardier than what it says here. It has survived here in Austin for decades and experiences no die-back after the harde...Read Morest winters. There are a number of old specimens of this tree here in Austin that have survived in the mid-teens. I've seen them growing as far north as Lake Buchanan. If you can find one, get it. They are a fast-growing, tidy tree with fragrant blooms in the spring & an unusual growth pattern. Great understory tree and also won't grow tall enough to get tangled in electrical lines.
I have my MLA degree from the university
of Texas and now have my own landscape design build company. I used two of these in plan...Read Moreters at a local Austin bar, the Mohawk, on their roof deck. Besides the regular transplant shock, the trees are growing beautifully, produce wonderful cinammon scented white flowers in spring, and require low amounts of water. What a great plant!!!
Lynn Lowrey, pioneer native plantsman, and two companions, discovered this tree in Bustamante, Mexico, about 1987. It grows in dry drain...Read Moreage washes in canyons above the village - hence the first part of the name "Arroyo". Not recognizing the plant they cut a few flowering branches and placed them in a plastic bag behind their pick-up truck seat and proceeded back toward Texas. After a few miles they began accusing each other of wearing too much cologne. It was soon determined the cloying, sweet fragrance was coming from the wood and flowers of this plant - hence the second part of the name "sweetwood". Several plants were planted at Friedrich Wilderness Park, a nature preserve, in northwestern San Antonio in 1987. They are growing on dry, unirrigated, limestone soils. They have prospered, perhaps too much. They have begun self-seeding and are under suspicion of becoming an invasive introduction.
Corpus Christi, TX (Zone 10a) | March 2006 | positive
This tree was first cataloged around 1986, so it's not found in older taxonomy books. It's origin is northern Mexico and the Rio Grande...Read More River Valley. It is said to not be particular about soil. We recently bought a house and this tree was bare (about 6 weeks ago) and when it started putting out a few leaves and blooms we took it to a local nursery. They knew it because they bring native plants from the Valley to Corpus Christi--other nurseries here could not ID it. The small white flowers are in clusters and smell to me somewhat like a jasmine; however they are reported to have the fragrance of cinnamon and vanilla. I'm waiting for it to finish filling out, and will take a picture of it. So far, it is a beauty!
After echoing all the positives about this tree, I can say it is a very fast growing tree.
This tree is quite remarkable, and though I've only had four of them for one year, a rave review is in order; Echoing earlier comments,...Read More
i was wondering if the tree looses it leaves after a freeze ??it was doing so good till the freeze and now the leaves are all yellow.. it...Read More
This tree is much hardier than what it says here. It has survived here in Austin for decades and experiences no die-back after the harde...Read More
I have my MLA degree from the university
of Texas and now have my own landscape design build company. I used two of these in plan...Read More
Lynn Lowrey, pioneer native plantsman, and two companions, discovered this tree in Bustamante, Mexico, about 1987. It grows in dry drain...Read More
This tree was first cataloged around 1986, so it's not found in older taxonomy books. It's origin is northern Mexico and the Rio Grande...Read More