Mexican Buckeye
Mexican Buckeye
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Ungnadia speciosa
Ungnadia speciosa
Monillo, Canyon Buckeye, False Buckeye
Northern Mexico, New Mexico and Texas
12
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20 feet
12
–
20 feet
Central Texas
Texas
Full Shade
Full Sun
Part Sun/Shade
Low
Flowering
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About This Plant
Sun/part shade; deciduous, with excellent yellow fall color. Mexican buckeye is tough and showy in every season. Fragrant pink flowers resemble redbud, but appear a bit later in spring. The large seed pods provide winter interest, dangling like ornaments from bare branches.
Mexican buckeye can be substituted for redbud, but its form is lower, wider and bushier. It can be trained into an upright form with some effort.
Maintenance
Training and occasional pruning.
Features
Plant Type:
Small Tree
Size:
12-20' H, 12-20' W
Sunlight Requirements:
Full Shade, Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade
Soil Types:
Clay, Sandy, Thin
Wildlife:
Butterflies, Butterfly Larvae, Pollinators
Flower Color:
Pink
Bloom Time:
February, March
Freeze Hardy:
Yes
Invasive:
No
Caution:
None
Coupon Eligible:
This plant goes well with
Hesperocyparis arizonica
Dasylirion texanum
Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum
Tagetes lucida
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana
Juniperus ashei
Cercis canadensis var. texensis
Dasylirion quadrangulatum
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