Texas Gardening: Fall Blooms & Color, Part 2, 1 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
The photo above is Brunfelsia latifolia. They other one your referring to is probably Brunfelsia pauciflora. Their are others, but, they are uncommon (very rare).

I haven't much interest in pauciflora because it needs cool temps to bloom. In SF Golden Park at Strybing Aboretum they have pauciflora and it blooms for months in the summer. Of course in SF a warm summer day is 75.

Here in FL B. latifolia blooms all winter, puts on a good show. I think we are a bit warmer than you are in E. TX, especially at night. We are surrounded by water that helps keep our temps up.

I think E TX is probably the northern edge of Brunfelsia's range.

Bauhinia galpinii puts on a good show as the days get shorter>