Texas Mountain Laurel DescriptionBotanical 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 CharacteristicsPlant Category: Trees-Shade & OrnamentalName: Texas Mountain LaurelPlant 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 CommentsComments: Texas Mountain Laurel is a popular landscape plant because of it's evergreen foliage, showy, fragrant blooms, and drought tolerance.