Soapberry, Western (Bare Root)

Sapindus sapondaria var. drummondii, Western Soapberry. Native to the SW into the Great Plains, and down into Mexico. Deciduous. Low-branched, small to medium sized tree with spreading arching branches, developing an oval rounded to broad rounded outline. Give it full sun and well-drained conditions and it will reward you.

Not commonly mentioned in the list of trees for New Mexico. However, it is worthy of your consideration for residential properties, parks, campuses and golf courses for it's heat and drought tolerances, disease and insect resistant summer foliage, and oft-spectacular golden yellow fall color.

Normal landscape dimensions about 35-30' tall and wide, although trees over 50' tall are not unheard of. Growth is fast, bark is shallowly furrowed, ridges platy, scaly, upon shedding exposing a patchwork of gray-brown and orange-brown to red-brown. 

Widely adapted to extremes of soils, including our high pH, dry soils. Soap can be (and historically was) made from the golden-yellow, fleshy portion of the fruits.