Texas Mountain Laurel

Description
Botanical Name: 
Sophora secundiflora

A native to Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico.  Tall evergreen shrub or tree with irregular dense branches and often several trunks.  Leaves are 2" long, dark green, glossy, thick and leathery.  They are alternate, once-pinnately compound, elliptic, obovate.  Bark is fissured, dark gray to black.  Fruit is a one to several-seeded persistant thick pod 2" to 8" long and ripen to revel the inner, bright red seeds, which are poisonous.  It has a slow growth rate.

Plant Characteristics
Plant Category: 
Trees-Shade & Ornamental
Name: 
Texas Mountain Laurel
Plant Type: 
Evergreen
Flower: 
Flowers are dense 2" to 5" long, pendulous clusters of purple/blue, extremely fragrant
Mature Size: 
25' tall x 15' wide
Water: 
Low, once established.
Exposure:: 
Full sun
Spacing: 
7'
Soil Type: 
Clay; loam; sand; alkaline; well drained
Planting Time: 
Any season
Comments
Comments: 

Texas Mountain Laurel is a popular landscape plant because of it's evergreen foliage, showy, fragrant blooms, and drought tolerance.