Huisache
Huisache
–
Vachellia farnesiana
Sweet Acacia, Cassie, Mimosa, Weesatch
25
–
30 feet
30
–
35 feet
Texas, Mexico and Central America
Central Texas
Texas
Full Sun
Very Low
Flowering
Birds
Hummingbirds
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About This Plant
Full sun. Semi-evergreen in warm winters, with delicate fernlike foliage, fragrant yellow puff blooms and a spreading, vaselike shape. Young branches are fully armed with white thorns (the name is a Nahuatl term for “many thorns”) but these become less obtrusive as the plant matures.
Fast-growing and drought-tolerant, huisache provides easy, breezy shade and has been widely cultivated for perfume-making and as an ornamental. It’s often one of the first tree species to invade abandoned farm fields, so many Texans are more familiar with it as brush than as a specimen tree.
Maintenance
Huisache branches out low on its trunk, but early training can produce an upright, patio-friendly habit. Remove dangling “face-slapper” branches as needed; cut them back to the nearest limb.
Features
Plant Type:
Small Tree
Size:
25-30' H, 30-35' W
Sunlight Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Types:
Clay, Sandy
Wildlife:
Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
Flower Color:
Yellow
Bloom Time:
January, February, March
Freeze Hardy:
Yes
Invasive:
No
Caution:
Thorns require careful placement and handling.
Coupon Eligible:
No
This plant goes well with
Salvia guaranitica
Agave americana var. marginata
Agave weberi
Aloe arborescens
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Rudbeckia maxima
Lupinus texensis, L.subcarnosus, L.havardii
Amblyolepis setigera
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