Texas Snakewood (Colubrina Texensis) is a perennial shrub in the Rhamnaceae family with easy care difficulty. It requires drought-tolerant watering and full sun or partial shade light in USDA hardiness zones 7-10. This plant is safe for cats and dogs.
Colubrina texensis is a thicket-forming, rounded, deciduous shrub native to Texas and northeastern Mexico, known for its distinctive snakeskin-patterned bark and zig-zagging branches.
Texas Snakewood
Colubrina Texensis
Colubrina texensis is a thicket-forming, rounded, deciduous shrub native to Texas and northeastern Mexico, known for its distinctive snakeskin-patterned bark and zig-zagging branches.
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