Rooting Cassia bicapsularis (Christmas cassia)
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Comments (3)want to trade for a well rooted (3 or 4 inch pot) of fragrant corkscrew vine (grown from seed from Parks)?...See MoreHelp with Cassia
Comments (5)Unfortunately, Teri, I agree with the poster who said it was Cassia (or Senna) corymbosa. This plant is native to Argentina. I had one years ago, and never found a single sulphur egg on it. Interestingly, the most widely used cassias in my area are C. obtusifolia/sicklepod, a very common weed of roadsides and pastures, and C. bicapsularis/Christmas cassia. Neither of these are native. The only native cassias I know of in this area are C. fasciculata/partridge pea and another "ferny" leaf type that I think is C. nictitans. These are common roadside plants, but I've never found a caterpillar on them or the partridge peas I've grown specifically for them. I guess this is a case where non-natives have become so common that they've supplanted the natives in popularity with the local sulphurs. Surely, if there was no Christmas cassia or sicklepod, they'd go back to using the natives? I wonder! Butterfly gardeners in Florida have reported that their sulphurs like C. alata/candlestick cassia, but they only laid eggs on mine once, before the favorites had leafed out much, and I never found any caterpillars. I don't know if the eggs were duds, or if there was something about the C. alata leaves that killed them? C. alata is very cold tender, also, so I don't grow that one anymore. Sherry...See MoreCassia Surrentensis
Comments (4)Thanks all, I am trying to encourage my neighbors to replace a tree they lost, as this tree would be similar in size (and would attract more butterflies), and ran across this surrentensis name. Sherry you got further than I did searching on it, thanks for sharing the link. Personally I have a small bicapsularis (I guess), bunch of bahama, and some candlestick seedlings. Also have a bunch of the invasive cassia, which is in a couple of little patches, and since it is constantly cut for feeding cats it has never had a chance to bloom and be invasive (picked a bunch of them out of the forest where it grows wild). It is such a great food resource. Once more of the little ones get going I'll be removing the "bad" ones. Anyway, thanks again everyone!...See MoreBeautiful Cassia just fell over
Comments (7)I had a "scrambled egg tree" (Senna surattensis) at my old house in Boca Raton that went through Hurricane Wilma. It blew down to the ground and got thrashed all around, but as soon as the storm cleared I stood it up and provided support, and it's a beautiful tree today. The tree to the left is the one that survived the hurricane. The one on the right is a seedling from the tree on the left. This post was edited by TheTradition on Sat, Apr 13, 13 at 8:30...See Morefawnridge (Ricky)
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