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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Berlandier's Trumpets

Acleisanthes obtusa
native · Central Texas

Berlandier's Trumpets is a vine native to Central Texas that grows 4–5 ft tall and 5 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white and pink in Apr–Nov. Good for hummingbirds and moths.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Vine
Sun
Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
4–5 ft
Spread
5 ft
Bloom
Apr–Nov · white, pink
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, sand, well drained
Wildlife
Supports deer, hummingbirds and moths

Where it grows

No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:

Gulf Coast Prairies and MarshesSouthern Texas Plain

3 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.