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Erythrina bidwillii |
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| Common name |
coral bean |
| Family |
fabaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub (Z9-11)  |
| Flowers |
red (late spring-summer) |
| Size |
6' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
drought tolerant |
Some taxonomical contradictions here: my taxonomy sources consider this a species, and the nursery where we purchased our specimen sells it as a native plant – yet several other online sources describe how this is a hybrid between E. crista-galli and E. herbacea, concocted in Australia (so hardly native to Texas). In any case, it produces eye-popping red pea flowers once it gets going in summer. The timing of flowering probably depends on how much the plant was set back by winter cold – in its first full year in our garden, which featured a harsh freeze in January, blooming didn't start till August, but I suspect it will flower earlier following milder winters. Nasty thorns on this one, so we grow it well away from the front of the border.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back fence border About my plant portraits
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September 02, 2018
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