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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Plant Height: 10 to 15 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip

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Common names
  • Mexican Buckeye
  • Monillo
  • Spanish Buckeye
  • Canyon Buckeye

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Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: My Garden
Date: 2018-03-24
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: St Louis
Date: 2018-05-01
Location: Kyle, TX
Date: 2020-03-13
Sturdy, reliable, lovely
Location: KYLE
Date: 2019-03-28
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-09-03
Took 4 days to germinate during end of Summer.
Location: El Paso Desert Botanic Garden, Texas
Date: 2015-11-15
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: my garden
Date: 2015-04-11
bluebirds with Mexican Buckeye background
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Sea World San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-03
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Zilker Nature Preserve, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-08-25
Location: El Paso Desert Botanic Garden, Texas
Date: 2015-11-15
Location: Molly Hollar Wildscape Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
The flowers resemble Redbud.
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2014-10-12
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2014-10-12
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-04-27
The seed pods are beautiful.
Location: N. E. Medina Co., Texas
Date: July 4, 2013
Mexican Buckeye seed pods (fruit)
Location: N. E. Medina Co., Texas
Date: March 2010
Mexican Buckeye blooming
Comments:
  • Posted by chuck7701 (McKinney, TX (DFW) - Zone 8a) on Mar 22, 2015 9:06 AM concerning plant:
    Easy to grow from seed. Seeds can be stored long term if allowed to dry in pods on plants. Like the red buckeye, it is difficult to transplant once in the ground. Very long tap root is easily broken when digging. Sow in pots for later transplanting, or plant seed(s) where long-term growth is desired and thin later. Tendency to throw off many stalks, so gets overly bushy. Thin to several main trunks to promote branches.
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How lovely .. would love seeds.. by tmcleschra Jul 15, 2019 12:12 PM 1

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