Plant Habit: | Shrub Tree |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F) |
Plant Height: | 7-25 feet |
Plant Spread: | 15-25 feet |
Leaves: | Semi-evergreen Deciduous |
Fruit: | Showy Indehiscent Other: Used to produce tannin & leather dye |
Fruiting Time: | Summer Fall |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Blooms on new wood Other: Flowers are used in Europe as an ingredient for perfume |
Flower Color: | Orange Yellow |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring |
Suitable Locations: | Street Tree Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree Xeriscapic |
Uses: | Dye production Erosion control Flowering Tree Will Naturalize |
Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Resistances: | Drought tolerant Salt tolerant |
Toxicity: | Fruit is poisonous |
Propagation: Seeds: | Scarify seeds: presoaked for 12 hours Days to germinate: 25-353 Depth to plant seed: 1-3 in. below ground Can handle transplanting |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Stolons and runners |
Pollinators: | Wasps Bees Various insects |
Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth |
Conservation status: | Least Concern (LC) |
Horntoad | On March 31, 2015 | Bloomed |
DesertJungleFarm | On October 10, 2021 | Obtained plant |