Silver Leaf Cassia

Silver Leaf Cassia Care

Cassia Phyllodinea

What is the plant

Senna phyllodinea (Silver Leaf Cassia) A fast growing evergreen medium size shrub to 5 to 6 feet tall and wide with limber branches holding distinctive flattened 2 to 3 inch long silver-gray falcate (sickle-shaped) leaves that are often two lobed near the tip and shimmer with light in the sun. Showy 3/4 inch wide yellow flowers appear in mass on branched terminal cluster in mid to late winter to early spring with interment flowering on to fall are followed by dangling papery brown seedpods that persist for months on the plant. Plant in full sun and well-drained soils.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

9 - 11

Difficulty

Medium

Hibernation

Cold Period

How to Care for the Plant

Water
The high and low range of moisture indicates it can grow with varying amounts of water.
Pruning
Pruning group 1. May need restrictive pruning if grown under glass.
Fertilizer
Fertilize once a year.

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Sunlight
Full Sun
Soil
Sandy, well drained soils
Temperature
long silver-gray phyllodes; showy yellow flowers occur from mid-winter into spring. This species comes from dry inland plains of Australia where it grows in rocky soils and tolerates heat and drought. It is hardy to 20F and well adapted to hot and dry conditions throughout the Inland Empire in sunny aspects.

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Additional
Silver-leaf cassia lives up to its name because of the rich silver color of the foliage. The leaves are flat and sickle-shaped. Silver-leaf cassia provides a ripple effect in the wind, thereby creating a living sculpture in the landscape. Its golden yellow flowers bloom in the winter and early spring.
Popularity
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