Teabush
Melochia tomentosanative · Central Texas
Teabush is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 3–8 ft tall and 6 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms pink and purple in Apr–Oct. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (5–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spread
- 6 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Oct · pink, purple
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, limestone, moist, rocky, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes
3 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.