Mexican plum is one of Texas’s most underrated native ornamentals—great for small yards. It typically stays single-trunked, grows ~10–25 ft (up to ~35 ft in ideal spots), and explodes with fragrant white blooms in late winter/early spring before the leaves—an early nectar source for native bees. By late summer, fruit ripens from yellow to mauve to deep purple, edible and beloved by birds and small mammals. It also hosts tiger swallowtail and various moths, and matures with a satin blue-gray trunk marked by dark horizontal striations.
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How close to a home do you recommend it be planted
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my mexican plum trees multiply exponentially!!!! they are beautiful!!
Where's a good place to get one in San Antonio?