Gum Bully
Sideroxylon lanuginosumGum Bully is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 35–45 ft tall and 30 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white in Jun–Jul. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for bees, birds, butterflies, nectar insects and small mammals.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 35–45 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Bloom
- Jun–Jul · white
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds, browsing mammals, butterflies, deer, nectar insects and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
2,981 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.