{"product_id":"mexican-sycamore-tree","title":"Mexican Sycamore Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fastest honest shade in Texas. Four to six feet a year, silver-backed leaves the size of a dinner plate, and none of the anthracnose that turns an American sycamore into a skeleton by July. It is a better tree than the native American sycamore for Texas heat and alkaline soil, and we grow ours on the ranch rather than broker it in. Plant one in October and you are sitting under it in three summers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat actually ships\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e3-Gallon:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 to 7 ft tall, 1\/2 to 1 in caliper, container-grown, single leader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e7-Gallon:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 to 9 ft tall, 1 to 1-1\/2 in caliper, container-grown, staked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoot form:\u003c\/strong\u003e Container-grown, root ball intact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipped as:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upright in a corrugated carton, leader tied, soil bagged at the collar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHonest note:\u003c\/strong\u003e This species defoliates in transit more than an oak does. Leaf drop in the box is normal and is not a dead tree. Scratch the bark, green means alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMature size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50 to 70 ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 to 40 ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very fast, 4 to 6 ft per year with summer water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeaf:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large maple-shaped leaf, dark green above, silver-felted underneath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere it grows\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 to 10. Zone 7b is marginal, expect tip dieback in a hard freeze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTexas planting window:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15 to February 28. Ideal: November through December\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative status:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNot native to Texas.\u003c\/strong\u003e Platanus mexicana is native to northeastern and central Mexico. It is Texas-\u003cem\u003eadapted\u003c\/em\u003e, widely used in San Antonio and Austin, and it outperforms our native American sycamore on heat, alkaline soil and anthracnose. We call it what it is: an adapted tree, not a native one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tolerates alkaline soil far better than American sycamore. Wants depth and drainage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSun:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate. Not a xeric tree. Deep-water weekly the first two summers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTexas care notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 to 40 ft, and not within 20 ft of a foundation or a septic field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFirst freeze:\u003c\/strong\u003e Protect the graft-free trunk of a first-year tree below 20F with a wrap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLitter:\u003c\/strong\u003e It sheds big leaves and bark plates. Beautiful tree, messy tree. Do not plant it over a pool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShip window and your cancellation right\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eField-grown Texas stock ships during the dormant season. \u003cstrong\u003eOrders ship between October 15 and December 15, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e, oldest order first. That is deliberate: Texas Arbor Day is the first Friday in November (November 6, 2026) because fall is when a tree should go in the ground here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we cannot ship inside that window we will email you \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e it closes with a revised date and a one-click cancel link. If the new date is 30 days or less past the original, you can wait or cancel, your choice. If we need more than 30 days, your order is cancelled and refunded automatically unless you tell us to hold it. Refunds go back to your original card within 7 business days. This is the FTC Mail Order Rule (16 CFR Part 435) and we would rather you use it than be surprised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe spec is the promise\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeasure your tree against the \"What actually ships\" numbers above on the day it arrives. If it misses the spec, photograph it and we refund you in full and you keep the tree. We are not going to send you a stick and a photograph of somebody else's oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this image:\u003c\/strong\u003e our product photography is an illustrative rendering of a mature, well-grown specimen of this species. It is not a photograph of the individual plant you will receive. 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