Texas Madrone
Arbutus xalapensisnative · Hill Country
Texas Madrone is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 20–30 ft tall and 30 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white in Feb–Apr. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 20–30 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Bloom
- Feb–Apr · white
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, limestone, moist, rocky, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano Uplift
1,092 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.