Texas Kidneywood
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Common Names: Texas Kidneywood, Kidneywood, Bee Brush, Vara Dulce, Palo Dulce
Texas kidneywood is a shrub that can grow between 3 to 10 feet tall, with a lovely, open structure. The 3 to 4-inch spikes of white flowers not only bring beauty but also fill the air with their sweet scent, complemented by the finely divided, deciduous leaves which, when crushed, release a burst of aroma. The flowers bloom intermittently from May to October, followed by small fruit pods, often topped with a threadlike tip. These seed pods stick around for a while, too. This tree is named for the place it has found in traditional remedies for kidney and bladder issues. With a little care and thoughtful pruning, you can shape this plant into a petite tree. It might lose some leaves during dry spells, but rest assured, it's quite drought-tolerant.
Butterfly Host Plant: Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia); Arizona Skipper (Codatractus arizonensis)
Nectar Source: Bees, Butterflies
Height: 8'-10'
Spread: 6’-8'
Bloom: April-October
Light: Full Sun-Part Shade
Water: Low
Zone: 8-11
Origin: Texas
Spring Shipping:
Orders are shipped within 10-15 business days. We will email you if there are expected delays.
When you order plants from our nursery, you can expect them to arrive in the best possible condition. Our team carefully packs each order using sturdy, biodegradable packaging materials.
Your plants' appearance may vary depending on the season and their current growth stage. We may cut back the leafy growth of some plants to prepare them for shipment and transplanting.
5 Gallon and Up: Any plant purchased to ship over 5 Gallons will be shipped bare root. This means we will remove the plant from its original pot, remove the soil surrounding the roots, and wrap the roots with a biodegradable plastic bag. This reduces weight and the likelihood of damage during shipping.
Once your plants arrive, it is essential to plant them as soon as possible. This will help them rebound and thrive. If you cannot plant immediately, water regularly and keep the roots off heat-conducting surfaces.
Newly transplanted plants often require more water until their roots are well established. Plan to water them 1-3 times weekly for the first few months.
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Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.8 / 5 from 32 reviews.
Best pollinator bush I have ever worked with and I love it!!! Loves sun and a place to spread out. Beautiful!
Plant arrived packed with care and in wonderful shape. Got it in the ground and it seems to be doing good so far.
We've purchased 3 over the last few months and they are doing great. As always they arrived in great shape because they are always packed very well. The root balls were in excellent shape.
Well packaged and nice plants.
Two kidney tree shrubs arrived in OK shape. One had severely bent branches.
Packaged perfect and arrived faster then I imagined. Texas - California. superb
Store owner replied: Hi Daniel, Thank you so much for your feedback! We take pride in our packing and we are so happy to hear that everything arrived safely. Thank you again for your business. Native Gardens
Plant packaged excellent
The plants came well packaged but dry. I don't think that will hurt as had spots picked out and plants dug in same day. A few yellow leaves on day two one of the plants. We will see how they do in the south Texas heat. It is a bit early to be doing a review on them imo.
Well packaged Plants in great condition and well potted
Repotted into bigger pot. Looking forward to planting when we find the right location.
Love this. Was delivered in great shape and well packed. I am going to order more.
Love!
Packed very well. No damages to the plants at all.
Expertly packaged. Nice healthy young plant. Will probably keep in the container over winter and plant in the Spring.
First time ordering and I was very impressed with shipping time and how expertly packed my 1 gallon plants were protected. They were green and had blooms on them. Definitely recommend and personally will order again soon.
Thank you for such careful packing! Both plants arrived with no damage, looking beautiful.
I live in Houston and had ordered 2 Kidneywood plants. I was kept informed about when they expected to receive the plants I had ordered. When they were sent they were in excellent shape and the packing kept the plants in place nicely. I look forward to many years of beautiful blooms on my Kidneywood plants. S. Thompson
The four 5-gallon Texas Kidneywood trees arrived meticulously packaged and in excellent shape. I was concerned about how they would survive the journey to Austin, but I now have complete confidence that you have this process figured out! Thank you.
Plants arrived in excellent condition. Planted them last week and they are going strong!
Favorite of mine and the pollinators. A must have in any garden
Very healthy plant. Packed with great care and arrived in perfect planting condition. Already in our pollinator garden.
Arrived healthy and green. It was planted and had no loss of leaves.
The more I study this plant the better I like it. Unfortunately some animal dug the newly planted little guy up and I didn’t see it until I got home from my part-time job at 2:00 in the afternoon and the poor thing was mostly dry and dead. There’s just enough green left for us to give it a chance to recover. I foolishly neglected to protect it immediately after planting and so it is all my fault! If we need to we are going to wait until either this fall or next spring to replace him.
I was very impressed with the packing and condition of the tree when arrived. It was head and shoulders above any other plants/tree I have purchased online.
Arrived on time and in good condition.
Another wonderful healthy plant packed well and shipped quickly. I purchased two a few weeks ago, this one was for a friend. Highly recommended!
Excellent! Healthy gorgeous plants shipped fast and packed well. Thank you!
Arrived in excellent shape. Lush and green.
It only has a couple of leaves budding out on one branch. The rest of the tree has no leaves.
Well packed , nice solid root ball. Looks happy so far!
I called several nurseries in East Mesa, Arizona. Most didn’t know the Texas Kindney tree. One tried to have me sign up with their professional landscaper. The other lost their source to the tree. I’m so very grateful that I found it here and it was shipped to me. It was absolutely the best packaging I’ve seen done for a plant, thank you! The tree has been planted in the correct location with cage around it to protect it from wildlife. Thank you so much I researched this tree out before purchasing it, it’s perfect!
arrived healthy and looks great
