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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Texas Beeblossom

Oenothera calcicola
native · Central Texas

Texas Beeblossom is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 8 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade. Blooms white and pink in Apr–Jun.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Height
About 8 ft
Bloom
Apr–Jun · white, pink

Where it grows

7 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.