Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
$ 29.98
Honey Mesquite is a medium-height, often shrubby, deciduous tree. Its leaves are bright-green and feathery. The tree features long thorns. In cultivation Honey Mesquite 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 honey mesquite in full sun, and away from your home and other structures.
Honey Mesquite is a "phreatophyte" which means that its large and spreading root system is able to draw water from its water supply from near the water table.
AT A GLANCE
| Texas native | Yes |
| Water use | Low |
| Sun exposure | Full sun |
| Mature height | up to 30 ft |
| Mature width | up to 40 ft |
| Attracts | Butterflies, birds |
| Host plant | Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus, Reakirt's Blue Echinargus isola, Heiligbrodt's Mesquite Moth Sphingicampa heiligbrodti. |
| 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) |