Powderpuff
Mimosa strigillosanative · Hill Country
Powderpuff is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms pink in spring and summer. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for bees, birds, butterflies and nectar insects.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer · pink
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, loam, moist, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds, browsing mammals, butterflies and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low Terraces
200 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.