Bauhinias in bloom!

[Hillizard]

My interior NorCal/Sacramento suburb garden: Bauhinia bloom bonanza this month.  Keeps local hummingbirds well fed (B. candida and B. blakeana). That's a Butia yatay in the foreground.

[Fusca]

Mine are blooming too, but almost no leaves after a quick January freeze and no rain since December.  Not sure but maybe the same species as yours.  Plenty of seeds coming!

[Hillizard]

12 minutes ago, Fusca said:

Mine are blooming too, but almost no leaves after a quick January freeze and no rain since December.  Not sure but maybe the same species as yours.  Plenty of seeds coming!

 

[Peter]

Bauhinia variegata 'rubra' blooming in a 5g pot at a friend's house yesterday-from seed from my tree.  Mine lagging behind this year so no blooms yet.

[Hillizard]

On 4/3/2026 at 12:25 PM, Hillizard said:

My interior NorCal/Sacramento suburb garden: Bauhinia bloom bonanza this month.  Keeps local hummingbirds well fed (B. candida and B. blakeana). That's a Butia yatay in the foreground.

Here's my Bauhinia lunarioides, raised from seed, now in bloom too!

[Silas_Sancona]

43 minutes ago, Hillizard said:

Here's my Bauhinia lunarioides, raised from seed, now in bloom too!

  Lookin' good..

[Peter]

My lunaroides has been very slow for me-how old is that specimen?

 

[Hillizard]

5 hours ago, Peter said:

My lunaroides has been very slow for me-how old is that specimen?

 

It's about 4 years old or so, from seed.😉

[aabell]

Has anyone tried B. lunarioides in Florida? I'm intrigued by a US native Bauhinia and it looks like a pretty little tree. I might have to order some seeds.

[Hillizard]

3 minutes ago, aabell said:

Has anyone tried B. lunarioides in Florida? I'm intrigued by a US native Bauhinia and it looks like a pretty little tree. I might have to order some seeds.

I think at maturity it looks more like a big shrub, not really a tree. Here's more info: https://gardenoracle.com/images/bauhinia-lunarioides.html

[Marie Nock]

This is Bauhinia monandra which is native to Guatemala.  My plant is just beginning to leaf out again after winter so the pics are from past years.  It blooms from April to December and only grows to about 8'.

 

[Silas_Sancona]

26 minutes ago, Hillizard said:

I think at maturity it looks more like a big shrub, not really a tree. Here's more info: https://gardenoracle.com/images/bauhinia-lunarioides.html

While definitely not something that would get as large as say Bauhinia purpurata or variegata can, " More tree -like " vs " more large shrub -like "  appearance is often influenced by factors like water availability and humidity  < What i've noticed in all the specimens i've seen here anyway >  ..and how it is trained of course <  Held down by regular trimming,  vs. encouraged to grow taller.. >

Pink flowered specimen i see regularly enough seems to be naturally denser / shorter than the standard white form.   " Patio -tree "  -sized now though. 

..If anything, the taller, tree -esque specimens would resemble something like a Western or AZ Redbud ( Yes, we have our own Cercis sp also ) ..  ....Generally airy and not too dense of a canopy  ..and generally topping out somewhere between 8 to 15ft, under ideal conditions / handling. 

Spectacular when in flower though obviously, just like Cercis. 



Ideal humidity and plentiful warm season rainfall = Imagine it would attain the taller end of the size spectrum in FL, much like TX. Olive can.