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I received this as a gift and I live in Denver, Co in zone 5. Can I grow this indoors in a very large pot until it is warm enough to go o...Read More
While the plant may be a lovely garden ornamental it is an environmental weed outside its natural range. I have just discovered it in the...Read More
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I received this as a seedling in a plant trade. Was amazed at how easily it grew and thrived, growing at least 6 feet in 6 months, and pr...Read More
Super easy to grow from seed and seeds stay viable for years. It is a hard coat so you need to nick it and plant to depth of seed. I use ...Read More
Candle Bush (Senna alata) is native to the Amazon Rainforest and can be found in Peru, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela...Read More
Can be propagated via softwood/hardwood cuttings. Roots and grows amazingly fast. 6" cutting from local plant swap is now 6.5f...Read More
I love this beautiful plant--my mother had one. I need plants for cut flowers for the tables in out healthy food cafe. Do these flowers l...Read More
This is used as a background scrub in the butterfly garden at the Palm Coast Public Library. Such a dramatic plant.
Host plant for Cloudless Sulpher butterflies & thus Cats; hummingibrds also love it. Bees and wasps/hornets are attracted to it. It can b...Read More
I grew this in Ft. Worth, Texas as well as down here in Holiday Beach, Tx. I have found in the past and present that if the temperatur...Read More
I love my cassia alata. Grows great every year and now has a trunk like a small tree. Will brown if hit by frost but comes right back.<...Read More
zone 10 --- Cypress Creek : Florida
Grows very well in tropical southeast Florida
Can be invasive from volunteer ...Read More
I HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH THIS PLANT THIS SUMMER AND FALL (ZONE 10).
Synonym: herpetic alata.
Common name: fleur palmiste, fleur dartre, candlestick senna, wild senna, ringworm cassia, guajava, ketep...Read More
This plant grows very well here. If you cut the seed pods off when the dry, you will have a second smaller bloom. I cut several limbs on...Read More
I found this plant growing on a genuine "restinga" environment - near the sea, on white sand, under full sun and regular rains. It seems ...Read More
I live in Dallas, Texas (U.S.), and had two Candle Trees on either side of an arbor. They did nicely and even bloomed for me. But when ...Read More
This plant is a very fast grower--I bought it in a 1 gal. pot at about 3 feet tall. It grew to about 5 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide the f...Read More
Fast grower; dies back after frost and the entire plant turns black, but it grows back in spring.
Attracts fire ants - so ...Read More
This attractive shrub is named for its flower buds which grow in a column and look like fat yellow candles each complete with a flame! Ca...Read More