Mexican Sycamore - Central Texas Gardener
WEBAs its name implies, this rapidly growing deciduous tree is native to central and northeastern Mexico. It has very large, beautiful, maple-shaped bright green leaves, with soft-white, fuzzy undersides.
Mexican Sycamore Tree: All You Need To Know (Detailed Guide)
WEBMay 6, 2024 · The Mexican sycamore (Platanus mexicana) is a drought-tolerant, quickly-growing tree with enormous, maple-like leaves that have a velvety, silver underside. It also has smooth, white-and-tan bark. This tree is native to northern and central Mexico; its tolerance to cold is unclear.
Texas Tree Selector: Tree Description - Texas A&M University
WEBThe Texas Tree Selector helps you find a tree that will grow in your county.
Mexican Sycamore – Platanus mexicana | Gardening in the …
WEBMay 20, 2014 · Mexican sycamore (Platanus mexicana) is a fast growing, drought tolerant tree boasting smooth white-and-tan bark and large maple-like leaves with velvety, silver undersides. Native to northeastern and central Mexico, this tree’s cold hardiness is …
Mexican Sycamore - Buchanan's Native Plants
WEBMexican Sycamore. A fast growing and drought hardy relative of the American Sycamore; interesting large leaves and beautiful silvery mottled bark; a great shade tree for larger landscapes; quite resistant to disease and insects.
Mexican Sycamore: History, Leaves, Bark, Flowers - AMERICAN …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The Mexican Sycamore (Platanus mexicana) is an extremely fast-growing, upright shade tree native to northeastern and central Mexico and Guatemala. It is also known as the Mexican plane tree. It has been introduced to other parts of the world, including the United States.
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
WEBMexican sycamore (Platanus mexicana) has leaves with fewer teeth and silvery undersides that is sometimes planted as an ornamental in the drier portions of Texas.
Mexican Sycamore Thrives In Warm Wet Locales
WEBJun 5, 2014 · Mexican Sycamore (Platanus mexicana) is a fast growing deciduous tree hardy in Northeast Mexico (USDA hardiness zones 7 -10) where it inhabits soils that are semi-arid and subject to periodic flooding. Summer leaves are medium-sized, only 8 …
Sycamore Trees: Leaves, Bark, Types – Identification Guide …
WEBFeb 19, 2023 · Mexican Sycamore Tree (Platanus mexicana) Mexican sycamore trees are large, fast-growing trees with flaky bark and lobed maple-like leaves. Mexican sycamore trees are smaller than American sycamore and grow to between 40 and 50 ft. (12 – 15 m) with a trunk of 7 ft. (2 m) in diameter.
Mexican Sycamore - Randy Lemmon
WEBSo, let me tell you about my first encounter with a Mexican Sycamore and why it’s still one of my top 10 trees when people come to me looking for ideas on what to plant that’s fast-growing and adaptable to our wide array of soil conditions along the Gulf Coast.
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