Difference between revisions of "Caesalpinia pulcherrima"

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Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Swartz. Barbados Pride. Barbados Flower-fence. Dwarf Poinciana. Shrub, with few scattered prickles, delicate, evergeen, mimosa-like leaves with 12-18 pinnae, each with 20-24 oblique-oblong lfts. less than 1 in. long, and very gaudy red-and- yellow crisped fls. on the ends of the new growth: stamens and style red, and long-exserted. Generally distributed in the tropics. —One of the most popular shrubs in warm climates. There is a var. flava, with yellow fls.
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Swartz. Barbados Pride. Barbados Flower-fence. Dwarf Poinciana. Shrub, with few scattered prickles, delicate, evergeen, mimosa-like Ivs. with 12-18 pinnae, each with 20-24 oblique-oblong Ifts. less than 1 in. long, and very gaudy red-and- yellow crisped fls. on the ends of the new growth: stamens and style red, and long-exserted. Generally distributed in the tropics. B.M. 995. P.M. 3:3. Gn. 75, p. 594.—One of the most popular shrubs in warm climates, as 8. Flu. There is a var. flava, with yellow fls.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 22:09, 24 July 2009


Caesalpinia pulcherrima.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ [[Lifespan::evergreen perennialsn]]
Origin: ✈ ?
Poisonous: ☠ [[Poisonous::pods, seeds cause serious illnesssn]]
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ [[Exposure::full sunsn]]
Water: ◍ moderate, [[Water::littlesn]]
Sunset Zones: [[Sunset zones::8-16, 18-28sn]]
Scientific Names

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Read about Caesalpinia pulcherrima in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Swartz. Barbados Pride. Barbados Flower-fence. Dwarf Poinciana. Shrub, with few scattered prickles, delicate, evergeen, mimosa-like leaves with 12-18 pinnae, each with 20-24 oblique-oblong lfts. less than 1 in. long, and very gaudy red-and- yellow crisped fls. on the ends of the new growth: stamens and style red, and long-exserted. Generally distributed in the tropics. —One of the most popular shrubs in warm climates. There is a var. flava, with yellow fls. CH


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