Bauhinia mexicana --Mexican Orchid Tree-- Poisonous Sometimes called Jamaican Sorrel or

Sometimes called Jamaican Sorrel or Gongura

Cooked berries are edible like other varieties with plenty of vitamin C

and green color grows darker at the veins

cold tolerant to 5°

Shrubby fruit tree with rich red fruit well into the summer

Bauhinia mexicana --Mexican Orchid Tree-- Poisonous Sometimes called Jamaican Sorrel orMexican shrub blooms profusely with delicate white flowers all summer and fall. Butterflies & hummingbirds cannot get enough of the flowers! Plant near a lounge area to enjoy one of the most dramatic butterfly plants we offer. 10 15' tall, drought tolerant, deer resistant. Full sun to part shade, can tolerate light frost, only root hardy at lower temperatures.