06-03-2007, 10:01 AM
Carrie, I think the spathodea (tulip trees) prefer to grow from seed, and they do so with abandon! If you want one, try dumping flowers on the ground in the spot. Seriously, I pull out one or two of the seedlings a week, and I don't even have one! They are just blowing in the wind.
Shower trees are Cassia's, so not the same as delonix (royal poinciana), but they look a little similar and are both members of the Bean Family (Fabaceae).
The Rainbow Shower is sterile. With all these related trees, when they make beans they make many many nuisance seedlings. Thus a sterile tree will be your friend in your yard.
The Royal Poinciana is gorgeous but large scale for most yards. A very pretty alternate (besides Shower Tree) would be dwarf poinciana or `Ohai Ali`i (Caesalpinea pulcherrima). Yellow and salmon. Easy to grow, drought, heat, salt tolerant, needs sun. I grew this in Kohala, have not tried it over here on the wet side.
Shower trees are Cassia's, so not the same as delonix (royal poinciana), but they look a little similar and are both members of the Bean Family (Fabaceae).
The Rainbow Shower is sterile. With all these related trees, when they make beans they make many many nuisance seedlings. Thus a sterile tree will be your friend in your yard.
The Royal Poinciana is gorgeous but large scale for most yards. A very pretty alternate (besides Shower Tree) would be dwarf poinciana or `Ohai Ali`i (Caesalpinea pulcherrima). Yellow and salmon. Easy to grow, drought, heat, salt tolerant, needs sun. I grew this in Kohala, have not tried it over here on the wet side.