Features:
Common name: Flamboyant little, Tara
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Origin: South America
Height at maturity: 3 to 8 meters
Hardiness: -1°C
Exposure: sunny
Plant type: flowering shrub
Vegetation: perennial
Foliage: evergreen
Flowering: May to August
Flower color: yellow
Soil type: garden soil and potting soil (50/50) and draining
Watering: keep cool
Use: isolated, pot or tray
Diseases and Pests:-
Toxicity: –
Storage of seeds: 2 years in a dry place away from light at 3/4°C (refrigerator)
Description:
This shrub can reach the size of 8 meters in its area of origin. It is particularly adapted to drought, in very hot years it can produce no leaves but as soon as the weather becomes rainy it blooms with its light foliage similar to mimosa and flowers in superb yellow clusters.
This beautiful shrub can be planted alone along a sunny wall in the hottest regions (south of France), a supply of fertilizer every two weeks in spring and summer in cold regions.
