Wild Crapemyrtle
Malpighia glabranative · Central Texas
Wild Crapemyrtle is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 3–6 ft tall and 6 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms pink in Mar–Dec. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spread
- 6 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Dec · pink
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on clay, dry, limestone, loam, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
Gulf Coast Prairies and MarshesSouthern Texas Plain
56 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.