Like most Erythrina, this species is easy to grow from seed, if you can find it. Unlike most Erythina, however, this one can be harder t...Read Moreo get to root from hardwood cutting. Leaflets are smaller than most Erythrina. Flowers are amazing. Has large caudex just underground, can get very large. Very little water when dormant.
It is a sparsely branched and leaved spiny shrub with the most incredible colored flowers in the late winter to early spring.. orange-r...Read Moreed near the base and yellow to gold near the tips. Flowers are simply spectacular!! To see a scraggly, leafless dead-looking shrub with these incredible flowers is a great sight. Not a good tree to plant near a walk way- ouch! Even the leaves have small hooks on the back of them to grab you. Rare in cultivation- been looking for one and yet to see one for sale.
Finally found some seedlings... and proceeded to rot nearly all... Needs very little (or NO) water when it's warm out. Rainwater in winter seems to be well tolerated, though. Very hard plant to keep happy... rotted all my seedlings. May be one reason these plants are so rare in cultivation.
Like most Erythrina, this species is easy to grow from seed, if you can find it. Unlike most Erythina, however, this one can be harder t...Read More
It is a sparsely branched and leaved spiny shrub with the most incredible colored flowers in the late winter to early spring.. orange-r...Read More