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| Guajillo, Berlandier Acacia, Thornless Catclaw, Mimosa Catclaw, Round-flowered Catclaw, Huajillla, Matoral Acacia berlandieri Fabaceae (Leguminosae) Guajillo is famed for the delicious sweet honey made from its fragrant flowers. Normally a multi-trunked large shrub, it can be pruned to a small specimen tree. With its fern-like, lacy foliage, its open, airy, rounded form, and its creamy white spring flowers, guajillo is a desirable ornamental, useful as a hedge or fragrant speciman plant around pools or patios. It is native to dry limestone hillsides in SouthCentral and Near-West Texas, but is adaptable to many soil types as long as they are well drained. It prefers full sun, is drought tolerant once established, and is hardy to around 20 degrees F. Although guajillo does have thorns, they are small and not rigid and do not pose the menace of the thorns of other acacias.
Plant Habit or Use: medium shrub
Exposure: sun Flower Color: creamy white Blooming Period: spring Fruit Characteristics: 4- to 5 inch-long pods Height: 9 to 15 feet Width: 9 to 15 feet Plant Character: semievergreen Heat Tolerance: very high Water Requirements: Soil Requirements: adaptable Additional Comments:
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