I was in Lowes here in the St. Pete Florida area and they had a plant being grown as a standard that I'd like to ID but I didn't have a camera with me. It was about 10 ft tall. The branches were similar to a jacaranda or poinciana, feathery looking. It had red orange blooms that grew downwards and looked velvety. There was no id tag on it and all the tag on the pot said was Bottle Box Standard. It had several seed pods on it that were about 3 in long, light brown and have small oval light brown seeds. Any clues without a photo?

I called Lowes today and told it was a Rattle Box (Sesbania drummondii)

Ahh yes, the rattle box. I have one of those. The seeds make a rattling noise inside the pods.

Do you like it Dave? Is it invasive?

I was told that it can be aggressive, but mine didn't reseed and did not come back, so it certainly wasn't invasive for me!!

Thanks, I did get a few seeds from one so I'll see if they grow.

They are very invasive in our area and we actually had to remove the ones we were growing at the Botanical Gardens.

OK, well maybe I won't start them. LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
this is what I found on them....Looks like a mimosa relative...from the leaf shapes

Yes, it's a legume like mimosa.

Thank you.