Tree Cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricataTree Cholla is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 5–8 ft tall and 8 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms pink, purple and red in spring and summer. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for bees, birds, butterflies, nectar insects and small mammals.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 5–8 ft
- Spread
- 8 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer · pink, purple, red
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, limestone, rocky, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds, butterflies, nectar insects and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
191 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.