General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Plant Height: 10-20 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Purple
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Flowering Tree
Medicinal Herb
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Texas Mountain Laurel
  • Frijolillo
  • Frijolito
  • Mountain Laurel
  • Mescal Bean Sophora
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
  • Synonym: Sophora secundiflora
  • Synonym: Calia secundiflora

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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2020-03-11
In my front yard, Temple, TX.
Location: San Marcos, TX
Date: 2019-02-17
Lovely sign of spring in Texas
Location: Kyle, TX
Date: 2023-02-22
The blooms! The fragrance! Bliss
Location: Central Texas 76844
Date: April 2009
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
This plant is evergreen and blooms in the spring.
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2020-03-11
Taken last year.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
Close up of individual flower.
Location: Cisco, Tx (between Dallas and Abilene)
Date: 2017-03-17
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-01-15
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-08-21
Location: San Antonio, Tx
Date: 2011-03-14
Intoxicating grape fragrance when in bloom.
Location: Kyle
Date: 2018-09-28
Old seed pods
Location: Sea World San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2018-06-28
Velvety pods on the outside and hard seeds on the inside
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2017-02-13
A sign of springtime in Central Texas

photo credit: Layla Dishman
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2012-03-14
Seedling started last year
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Sea World San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: KYLE
Date: 2019-02-14
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
Flower cluster from the side.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-03-11
Wonderful tree.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-03-20
Beautiful flowers.
Location: Kyle
Date: 2019-02-02
Getting ready to bloom
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Pinehurst, Texas
Date: 2017-05-19
First sight of growth grown in cardboard tube
Location: Marble Falls, TX
Date: Spring 2015
Location: Central Texas 76844
Date: April 2009
Location: Pinehurst, Texas
Date: 2017-05-19
Seed with starter root
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Sep 29, 2011 11:46 AM
closer shot of leaves
Location: Seguin, Texas
Date: 2016-03-05
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2014-03-29
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Location: Temple, Texas
Date: Spring 2015
Pruned annually with goal of maintaining low shrub shape rather t
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-09-24
Location: N. E. Medina Co., Texas
Date: April 30, 2013
Texas Mountain Laurel leaves with a Sophora Bug (one of the insec
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Sep 29, 2011 11:46 AM
leaves in the early fall
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-08-17
Collected from a friends tree
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2014-03-29
Several seedlings with more seed pods visible around them.
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2014-03-29
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