Texas Mimosa
Mimosa texananative · Hill Countrysold locally
Texas Mimosa is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 3–7 ft tall and 4 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white and pink in May–Sep. Good for bees, butterflies, moths and nectar insects.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 3–7 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Bloom
- May–Sep · white, pink
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, dry, gravelly, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies, moths and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Llano UpliftEdwards Plateau Woodland
310 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:
2.5–4.5 inch pots1 gallon
From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.