mexican olive
giant-sized white tissue-paper blooms flutter atop soft, fuzzy leaves — at home in tough, full-sun spaces — especially attractive to hummingbirds
plant details
mexican olive
identification
latin name: Cordia boissieri
usda code: COBO2
alternative name(s): Texas wild olive, Anacahuita, Anacahuite
classification
ecotopes class: understory
ecological condition(s): sunny edge – shady woodland
size range: large – 12+ ft
leaf retention: semi-evergreen
light requirement: full sun – part-shade
color signature: large white and yellow flowers
native range
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