Barbados Cherry
Malpighia glabra
Barbados cherry (wild crapemyrtle) is a south Texas shrub with delicate pink flowers much of the year and tart, vitamin-C-rich red cherries loved by birds and people. Drought-tolerant and ornamental.
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–10 ft
- Spacing
- 5–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- TX