The old has become new. I recall the first time I noticed this plant back in the 1950's. An elderly neighbor told me she had been grow...Read Moreing so long, she couldn't remember how she got it. She said she thought it went back to the Civil War period and called it Confederate something. I can't remember now.
I easily grew cuttings from it and gave them to my friends in the Bartow Garden Club. The flowers dry nicely and can even be spray painted to use in arrangements.
There is a Pink Ball Tree on the UF campus near McCarty Hall, in a well-protected place - flowers in Feb. if the winter has been mild eno...Read Moreugh. It has incredible flower-balls that smell of honey, and attracts every bee in the neighborhood!
Creates really lovely pompom displays of flowers surrounded by tropical leaves. I've placed the tall shrub in a back corner where the bee...Read Mores and flies who visit this plant won't bother anyone. I've also removed the lower branches and trained it as a topiary with a 12ft. terminus. The leaves contrast nicely with bamboo. Removing the lower branches gives a better view of the base of the Buddha belly bamboo and provides interest. This plant is popular in my neighborhood where many people have mistakenly planted it as a low shrub near their front doors. This means that they have to repeatedly prune it by half. I hate to think what the bees and flies do to guests who have to walk by it.
The old has become new. I recall the first time I noticed this plant back in the 1950's. An elderly neighbor told me she had been grow...Read More
There is a Pink Ball Tree on the UF campus near McCarty Hall, in a well-protected place - flowers in Feb. if the winter has been mild eno...Read More
Creates really lovely pompom displays of flowers surrounded by tropical leaves. I've placed the tall shrub in a back corner where the bee...Read More