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| Showy Menodora Menodora longiflora Oleaceae Dry, rocky hillsides, usually limestone but also igneous, canyons and ledges along streams in the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos, Southeastern New Mexico and Mexico from 1100 to 6600 feet provide habitat for showy menodora. It is a rather common western subshrub, nearly herbaceous and very erect, with a woody base, bearing linear, dull green leaves and numerous large, showy, tubular pale yellow flowers with five flaring open petals. In a garden setting it may go to seed all at once, and would benefit from being cut back several times during the growing season to promote additional bloom and a more compact plant. In the Dallas area showy menodora dies to the ground in winter and re-grows from the roots in early summer.
Plant Habit or Use: perennial Exposure: sun Flower Color: yellow
Blooming Period: summer Fruit Characteristics: two-celled, two-seeded capsule Height: 6 to 18 inches Width: 6 to 18 inches Plant Character: deciduous Heat Tolerance: very high Water Requirements: Soil Requirements: alkaline Additional Comments:
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