Colutea arborescens | Bladder Senna | Shrub
Colutea arborescens belongs to the plant family FABACE and Genus Colutea This Shrub prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to partial shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Colutea arborescens does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Colutea arborescens so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Colutea arborescens bladder senna is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Colutea arborescens | Bladder Senna is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Colutea arborescens can survive cold winters where the average annual low is -10 Fahrenheit. Full sun to partial shade is best for growing Bladder senna. It usually does best in dry soils.
Colutea arborescens will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Colutea arborescens is a woody perennial. Bladder senna is deciduous in nature.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 8' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
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