COLUTEA ARBORESCENS - Espantalobos
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SEEDS OF BLADDER SENNA - COLUTEA ARBORESCENS

Ornamental shrub used for banks, edges, rockery and to stop erosion. Honey production. This shrub is often present in the Mediterranean Garrigues.

Evergreen shrub 2-5 m with typical yellow pea-like flowers. The branches are hollow and it has oval-shaped leaves. The fruit is an inflated bladdery pod which dries to a papery texture.

It prefers poor, stony and dry soils.

Place the seeds in boiling water at 90º for 5 seconds and immediately after transfer to running water with ice cubes in it. Soak for 24h and then proceed to the sowing maintaining temperatures of 15ºC night/25ºC day until the germination is completed.

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Sow outdoors
Flowering
Harvest
Attracts Wildlife Bees, Butterflies
Average germination (%) 70
Climate Zone Mediterranean, Temperate areas
Flower colour Yellow
Foliage Deciduous
Hardiness Drought resistant, Hardy (tolerates temperatures down to -5ºC)
Plant use Cottage garden, Erosion control, Essential Oil, Hedge, Honey producing plant, Low maintenance garden, Medicinal, Restoration, Singular, Urban garden, Wild garden
Seeds per gram 55
Soil - Moisture Dry
Soil - Ph Alkaline
Soil - Type Poor, Stony
Sunlight - Exposure Partial shade, Sun
Watering Moderate
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