Stunning Silver Bush Plant: Saphora Tomentosa (Neeklace Pod) for Sale
- Common name:
- Saphora, Neeklace Pod, Silver Bush
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Sophora
- Category:
- Shrubs
- Family:
- Leguminosae or Fabaceae or Pea family
- Light:
- Sun growing
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Yellow
- Foliage color:
- Green, Blue Grey or Silver
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading
- Special Character:
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- Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Attracts butterflies
- Suitable for road median planting
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Good on seaside
- Grows best in humid and warm regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Less than a hundred
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Plant Description:
- - A native shrub of Florida.
- It is quite suited to coastal locations but may be grown inland as well.
- The leaves are soft almost like velvet.
- Plants have drooping stems with the flowers always facing outwards or downwards - never upwards.
- Older specimens can be pruned in to small tree.
- Typially multi-trunked or chumping stems.
- Plant spacing 30-60 inches
- Grows 6 - 10 feet. But can be kept as low as 3 feet.
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Growing tips:
- - Grow well full sun on a well drained sandy soil.
- This plant is moderately drought tolerant and has low fertilizer requirments.
- Looks excellent when planted as a group in lawns.