Don Quixote's Lace
Yucca treculeanaDon Quixote's Lace is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 13–15 ft tall and 5 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white and red in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr and Dec. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 13–15 ft
- Spread
- 5 ft
- Bloom
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec · white, red
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, rocky, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
11 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.