Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolianative · Hill Countrycaution
Lotebush is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 9–13 ft tall and 8 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow and green in Mar–Apr. Good for birds.
Caution — people. Stiff thorns; lotebush is not a walkway plant.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 9–13 ft
- Spread
- 8 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Apr · yellow, green
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandLimestone Cut Plain
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.