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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Sycamoreleaf Snowbell

Styrax platanifolius
native · Central Texas

Sycamoreleaf Snowbell is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 20 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms white in Apr–May.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Tree
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Medium
Height
About 20 ft
Bloom
Apr–May · white
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes caliche

Where it grows

247 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.