Prosopis glandulosa (Honey Mesquite)
$ 42.00
Honey Mesquite is a medium-height, often shrubby, deciduous tree with bright-green, feathery leaves and long thorns. In cultivation it offers the perfect amount of bright, dappled shade, allowing for plants to grow underneath it.
Honey Mesquite needs deep watering to become a tree, but once established, it is drought-tolerant. If not deep watered, the plant will remain a shrub. Plant in full sun, and away from your home and other structures. It has a large, spreading root system able to draw water from near the water table.
AT A GLANCE
| Texas native | Yes |
| Water use | Low |
| Sun exposure | Full sun |
| Bloom color | Yellow |
| Bloom time | Spring, summer |
| Mature height | up to 30 ft |
| Mature width | up to 40 ft |
| Attracts | Butterflies, birds |
| Host plant | Long-tailed Skipper, Reakirt's Blue, Heiligbrodt's Mesquite Moth. |
| Edible part(s) | Seed pods (ground into flour/meal) |
| Notes | Provides nesting material or site for native bees. Native bee friendly. Nitrogen fixer. Needs well-draining soil. |
DISTRIBUTION MAPS
 Present in state |
 Present in county and native |
 Native to North America, but adventive & escaped in state |
 Not present in state |
 Present and rare, native in county |
 Previously present, now extinct |
 Questionable presence (cross-hatched, regardless of color) |
