Dermatophyllum secundiflora Sinclair Adam an old Chinese garden form

an old Chinese garden form that had been grown and selected for generations before any Englishman set eyes on it

that color bronze-red to maroon before they fall

is quietly mechanical and endlessly watchable

The coral fruits feed birds into the colder months

Dermatophyllum secundiflora Sinclair Adam an old Chinese garden formA jewel of the limestone hills, evergreen, intoxicatingly fragrant, and deeply rooted in the spirit of the Southwest. Dermatophyllum secundiflora (formerly Sophora secundiflora), known as Texas Mountain Laurel, is a small evergreen tree or large shrub, one of the most elegant and enduring natives of the American Southwest. Though the common name may call to mind the eastern Kalmia latifolia, Texas Mountain Laurel shares no kinship with that mountain