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Re: Sophora secundiflora

Just to add to what has been said about Texas Mountain Laurel.

Your weather sounds much like ours in Texas. A few freezes, wet winters and
springs, but hot, rainless and humid summers.

In Jill Nokes very fine book on propagation of native Texas plants, she
suggests that seeds be planted in individual containers with depth to
support a long initial root. She also suggests that the medium should be
drenched with a fungicide. She also mentions that for the first couple of
years, growth is very slow and the plant spends much energy establishing
roots. Nokes also says they are sensitive to overhead watering.

That said, they volunteer freely in our heavy black alkaline clay here in
central Austin, TX. Our drainage is pretty awful, but you see them in happy
abundance in the rocky limestone to the west of us. Also, they do not
transplant well, and ones that we have planted from pots have languished
for a season or two -- even the mature grey-leafed cultivar "Silver Peso"
that was about 4 foot tall and stayed that way for a few years.

It is a gorgeous plant, and the smell that most often gets compared to
"Grapette" soda (Gee, that sounds almost French) is overwhelming. One of
the earlier spring flowers here.

Jerry
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