Bladder Senna
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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.
Use
Essential Oil, Cottage garden, Singular, Erosion control, Low maintenance garden, Wild garden, Urban garden, Medicinal, Honey producing plant, Restoration, Hedge
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Description
Easily grown shrub with yellow flowers. Honey production.
Flowering
| Flower colour | Yellow |
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| Flowering period | May, June, July, August, Spring, Summer |
Foliage
| Foliage persistence | Deciduous |
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Botanical information
| Common name | COLUTEA ARBORESCENS - Bladder Senna |
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| Wildlife | Bees, Butterflies |
When to plant?
| Sowing period | March, April, May, Spring |
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| Harvest period | August, September, October, November, Summer, Autumn |
| Average germination (%) | 70 |
| Seeds per gram | 55 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Essential Oil, Cottage garden, Singular, Erosion control, Low maintenance garden, Wild garden, Urban garden, Medicinal, Honey producing plant, Restoration, Hedge |
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| Exposure | Partial shade, Sun |
| Soil pH | Alkaline |
| Soil type | Stony, Poor |
| Soil moisture | Dry |
| Hardiness | Drought resistant, Hardy (tolerates temperatures down to -5ºC) |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean, Temperate areas |
Care
| Watering | Moderate |
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