Texas Kidneywood

Eysenhardtia texana

Texas kidneywood is an airy, fragrant legume shrub that flushes white flower spikes after rains, a nitrogen-fixer beloved by bees and butterflies and browsed by wildlife.

Family: Fabaceae
Type: shrub
Lifespan: perennial
Height: 6–10 ft
Spacing: 6–8 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry
Soil pH: neutral, alkaline
Bloom: May, June, July, August, September
Bloom colors: white
Wildlife value: pollinators, butterflies, larval host
Landscape uses: specimen, hedge or screen
Native states: TX