Senna multiglandulosa

Description

Common names: buttercup bush, downy senna, glandular senna

S. multiglandulosa is a small tree or large shrub native to parts of south America and a member of the Fabaceae family. Like many members of this family the leaves are pinnate, usually with 6-8 pairs of linear leaflets. The bright buttercup shaped flowers are usually in clusters of ten to twenty. The plant is covered in a profusion of these flowers over several months from early spring. Flowers are followed by long brown seed pods.

Plants can grow to 4 meters, but are easily trained as a much shorter and bushier plant. Plants are nitrogen fixing and grow well in mixed plantings. Hardy in average soil but prefer shelter from hard frost and strong winds.

• Ht: 4 meters
• Sun or light shade
• protect from hard frosts
• Pb 2