Texas Mountain Laurel Tree. This tree thrives in rocky, limestone soil but does fertilize texas mountain laurel if it shows signs of poor growth, or develops small, pale leaves. Texas mountain laurel's naturally shrubby form can be trained into a tree by removing the lower branches.
The texas mountain laurel, also known as a mescal bean tree or by its scientific name sophora secundiflora, is a flowering, evergreen tree native to texas and new mexico. Texas mountain laurel is an evergreen tree that routinely reaches a height of 15 feet and has a spread of 10 feet. There's no doubt that the texas mountain laurel tree is an ornamental beauty and it gets bonus points because it's an evergreen with a sturdy. Texas mountain laurel is evergreen with shiny green foliage.
The trees deal well in our hardly climate and it's amazing so many flowers can bloom considering the utter lack of rain we've had over the past 18 months.
This native shrub/small tree is an evergreen that is extremely drought tough. Commonly grown as a shrub, it also can be pruned into a small tree. It grows naturally as a shrub to about 15 feet, but can be trained to a small tree by cutting out all but one stem at ground level. Texas mountain laurel's glossy, dark green leaves are evergreen and leathery.
