Whitebrush
Aloysia gratissimanative · Hill Country
Whitebrush is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 6–12 ft tall and 8 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white in Mar–Nov. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 6–12 ft
- Spread
- 8 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Nov · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on clay, limestone, loam, moist, rocky, sand
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieFloodplains and Low Terraces
1,200 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.