Common Sotol
Dasylirion wheeleriCommon Sotol is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 4–6 ft tall and 5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms yellow in mid spring. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for hummingbirds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 4–6 ft
- Spread
- 5 ft
- Bloom
- Mid Spring · yellow
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche · recorded on caliche, dry, limestone, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports hummingbirds
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
1 occurrence record 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.