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Colutea orientalis |
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| Common name |
bladder senna |
| Family |
fabaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub/perennial |
| Flowers |
copper/yellow (autumn) |
| Size |
6' |
| Light |
sun |
Not sure about the species ID of this one. It could also be C. arborescens. It survived its first winter in our garden, and proceeded to grow into a large bushy plant in its second year. But it showed nothing but mid-green compound leaves through the season - until late October. I'd stopped actually looking for flowers, but I happened to walk by while collecting seed, and spotted some of the coppery orange buds. Further inspection also turned up some opened flowers, which are two-toned with yellow accents. These flowers are supposedly followed by inflated seed pods, but these may not develop in our garden: we've already had several hard frosts.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back yard island About my plant portraits
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- Seed from '06 trade. Sandpapered, baggy 70F (8w; 50%G, 8d-7w). Several additional rounds of scarification were necessary to attain reasonable germination. Warmer conditions did not appear to aid germination
- Same seed as above. Sandpapered, soaked 1d, baggy 70F (6%G, 5d)
Germinated seeds prone to rotting - found that placing seeds above soil, with only radicle in soil, gave better results.
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February 10, 2010
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