Goldenball Leadtree
Leucaena retusa
Goldenball leadtree is a delicate, open Texas legume tree that bears bright golden puffball flowers after rains, a fast, nitrogen-fixing small shade tree for hot, dry sites.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 25–25 ft
- Spacing
- 10–15 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- NM, TX