Saffron Plum
Sideroxylon celastrinumSaffron Plum is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 10–30 ft tall and 30 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white and green in May–Nov. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds, butterflies and nectar insects.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 10–30 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Bloom
- May–Nov · white, green
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds, butterflies and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
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.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.