Mexican Buckeye
Ungnadia speciosa
Mexican buckeye flushes fragrant rose-pink flowers on bare branches in early spring, a multi-trunked large shrub or small tree with good fall color. Drought-hardy; seeds are toxic.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 8–20 ft
- Spacing
- 8–15 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- NM, TX