New and Unread Tree-Mails
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Coffee Senna |
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Coffee Weed |
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Stinking Weed |
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Stinking Wood |
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Fedegoso |
| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Plant Height: | 2 to 4 feet, possibly 6 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 2 to 4 feet |
| Leaves: | Malodorous |
| Fruit: | Showy Other: 4 to 5 inch woody pod containing 20 to 30 seeds |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Will Naturalize |
| Resistances: | Humidity tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Scarify seeds: Soak in warm water for 12 to 24 hours before sowing Days to germinate: 3 to 5 weeks |
| Posted by imabirdnut (North Texas - Zone 7b) on Aug 16, 2012 2:58 PM Annual here in North Texas. It is a host plant for [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by poisondartfrog (SE Kentucky - Zone 7a) on Sep 24, 2017 7:31 AM Seeds germinated readily and grew into a small-medium sized shrub festooned with golden yellow buds and flowers. Reports of malodorous foliage were confirmed when I handled the plant to collect seeds. Collecting the seeds was unsettling for this ophidiophobic gardener. The seed pods rattled ominously, causing me to look around more than once to make sure I was alone. [ Reply to this comment | |
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