Very Dwarf
'Scarlet-Yellow'
Poinciana
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
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Boy oh boy... You talk about a variety of names ! ! ! Take your pick.......
Dwarf Scarlet-Yellow Poinciana is a very fine dwarf tree that most often tops out at a tiny 6 feet tall. The next picture is of a long-established tree starting to come into spring bloom This Poinciana should be very popular for plant folks in states like TX, OK, NV, NM, AZ, FL, GA, AL, LA, SC, NC, AK and CA or everywhere indoors. Perfect for small spaces You will enjoy these gorgeous flowers in pots most anywhere for spring-through-fall bloom performance. Also, in pots, you likely will have yours as small as 3-5 feet. Bonsai is possible as well Want hummingbirds? Plant this tree. Hummingbirds love it. You may plant in full sun or partial shade - it is very adaptable Blooms? You enjoy flowers all spring, all summer and all fall. May hold leaves throughout your winter or drop some or all foliage, depending on how cold things get You benefit from compound fine textured leaves which provide the very desirable "broken shade" affect beneath...allows you to plant even delicate plants below You may have seen pictures of related
plants The species name for this Poinciana means "very pretty" and this small dwarf truly deserves that title. The flowers certainly compete in complexity, color intensity and beauty with its relatives above, but last far longer on the tree than any of the above many months of bloom Each flower consists of 5 intensely colored pedals. The long 6-inch stamens are also scarlet-red. Together, all that color makes Dwarf Scarlet-Yellow Poinciana one of the most desirable small trees you could own
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