Anacacho Orchid Tree
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Central Texas
Texas
Full Sun
Part Sun/Shade
Low
Deer Resistant
Flowering
Attracts Pollinators
Hummingbirds
About This Plant
Sun to part shade, with hoof-like leaves; partially evergreen if there’s south wall protection. The orchid-like pink or white flowers appear in spring, and periodically throughout the year. Anacacho is a multi-trunked small specimen tree or a mounding shrub; it performs well in thin, rocky soil.
Orchid trees are a pollinator magnet in the Texas Hill country, requiring little to no supplemental water once established
Maintenance
Don’t overprune young plants to force them into a treelike shape. (Losing all their lower branches in a single day may result in a severely weakened specimen.) To maintain a healthy tree, leave the upper 2/3 of the tree’s height uncut, and never remove more than the lowest third in a single pruning period — for example, on a 12-foot tree, stick to the lowest 4 feet.
Features
This plant goes well with
Dalea frutescens
Anisacanthus quadrifidus wrightii
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
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