Texas Mountain Laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
A glossy evergreen whose drooping purple flower clusters smell intensely of grape soda in early spring. Slow but spectacular, with hard red seeds that are toxic if eaten.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–15 ft
- Spacing
- 8–15 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March, April
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- FL, GA, LA, MS, NM, TX