Cassia tomentosa (aka:Senna multiglandulosa) - Wholly Senna
By Delonix1
- 4 Jan, 2018
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This wholly senna is growing and flowering in Balboa Park. It pops all over the place...once you have one you have many babies around. Photo taken Jan. 1, 2018.
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Yes, it really does...
I used to have a huge wholly senna when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was 20' (6 m) tall and spread 24' (7.4 m). It typically grows smaller.
The only problems with it, it has a lot of seeds pods in summer (the only season it doesn't flower) and seedlings pop up everywhere!
8 Jan, 2018
I prefer the size of this one in the picture.
Yes seeds every where would be troublesome for me.
8 Jan, 2018
Luckily, it can be trimmed to any size.
10 Jan, 2018
Great is it hardy?
10 Jan, 2018
It's tropical in origin. It's a pretty tough plant, though.
The tree I planted in the SF Bay Area survived the Dec. 1990 freeze (which lasted a week). It had a tremendous amount of freeze damage, though. It survived 22ºF or -5.5ºC on the coldest morning and came back strong during the summer. It doesn't like a whole lot of rain during winter, though.
It's biggest bloom-cycle is during winter.
13 Jan, 2018
I think our frost s would kill it being tropical Andy or our rain would kill it through winter
14 Jan, 2018
Most likely it wouldn't grow very well there. It does like a lot of heat and dry conditions to grow well.
17 Jan, 2018
Thank you Andy I shall look out for it here if not on the net.
22 Jan, 2018
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That gives a lovely effect
7 Jan, 2018