Texas Gardening: Sophora Secundiflora, 1 by frostweed

frostweed wrote:
Hello Tropicman, the Texas Mountain Laurel is supposed to be hardy to zone 8, you might stretch it to zone 7, but if I were you I would keep it potted and bring it in.
I don't think it is root hardy, so if the top dies it is gone, and it is a slow grower too.
I have one in the ground here in zone 8 and it does great. One thing that is different about it is, the flower spikes form during the spring and summer for the following year, and it blooms early in the spring, but if a late freeze comes the flowers the are ready to open will freeze and no flowers that year. This has happened two times in the nine years we have had it.
Here is a link for you;
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/...
and a picture of our shrub.
Josephine.