Honeyvine
Cynanchum laevenative · Hill Country
Honeyvine is a vine native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 20–30 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white in summer. Good for bees and butterflies.
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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
- 20–30 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Summer · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, moist, rocky, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
13 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.