Buy the Best: Badhara Bush Plant from Gamellina Asiataca
- Common name:
- Badhara Bush
- Category:
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Shrubs, Trees
- Family:
- Verbenaceae or Verbena family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Yellow
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 2 to 4 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 2 to 4 meters
- Plant Form:
- Irregular, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Attracts bees
- Thorny or Spiny
- Recommended for creating shade
- Suitable for road median planting
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Less than a hundred
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Plant Description:
- - Leaves 2 – 4 cm long often 3 lobed smooth paler below.
- Flowers yellow bell shaped with a prominent lower lip.
- Fruit small, pear – shaped.
- Spines short single, not, always present.
- Plants make a good hedge.
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Growing tips:
- - Plants are easy to grow.
- Will grow well in well drained fertile garden soils.
- Should be planted at 40 to 60 cms centers for making a hedge. A single bush too looks pretty.
- Requires trimming to keep plants in shape. Trim once flower flush is over.