Have grown in a container for a couple of years in Charlotte 7b and it survives hard freezes. No blooms yet, so am thinking it needs a bi...Read Moregger container or ground-planting. Will do that and report back . . . Happily, deer ignore it :-)
Does well in NW New Mexico (where avg. annual precipitation is about 8 inches) with little to no irrigation once established. Evasiveness...Read More is not a problem here since soil moisture is very dry in spring.
It grows well in Scandinavia, and is used for hedges. However, it is not recommended since it is prone to powdery mildew. It would be int...Read Moreeresting to know if it exist strains resistant to powdery mildew? And if a plant get the disease, will this affect amount or quality of seed pods?
My Caragana hedge starts out great and full in the spring, then gets powdery mildew and starts loosing its leaves. Have sprayed with a c...Read Moreopper solution but this does not seem to help. What to do?
It also grows well in Northern Nevada. We have wind daily and sometimes very strong. This plant is a excellent wind break and as noted ab...Read Moreove grows well under neglect.
See the 'Pendula' cultivar for a version that is more attractive (to my mind) than the standard form, and also thornless. The seedpods an...Read Mored seeds are not only edible for chickens. Plants for a Future gives it a 5 out of 5 rating for edibility for people, too. I haven't tasted them myself yet, so can't vouch for this. Caraganas fix nitrogen, making them good companion plants.
I love this shrub. Yes, it is thorny, but so are roses. The doves come every year to eat the seeds when the pods burst. During the dep...Read Moreression, farmers used the seed to feed their chickens. Since I raise poultry, I plan to gather the seeds and start them this fall in my greenhouse (sorry doves).
We were just up North camping and noticed this shrub because of the Hummingbirds . They were just nuts for them. Wouldn't leave them alon...Read Moree . I was thinking of getting one but am conserned about it's invasive nature.
I'm interested to see that this plant is considered invasive in Alaska. When we bought this house in 1999, the previous owners had just p...Read Morelanted a long line of them along the drive. They were approximately 2 ft. tall then, and they're about 8 ft. tall now.
They are self-sowing: The seed pods burst and fling the seed as far as several feet away, and we now have new plants across the driveway and in the yard.
They're also thorny, which makes pruning no fun.
They are good as screens and windbreaks, and the birds really seem to like them as cover, but because of the overabundance of upstarts (and now this notice that it's a nuisance plant), I wouldn't recommend it.
Caraganas are extremely hardy; they are tolerant of drought and extreme cold. They prefer full sull but can tolerate some shade, and als...Read Moreo can tolerate some saline conditions. Caraganas need well drained soil and cannot withstand repeated flooding. They have been planted extensively in rural shelterbelts on the Canadian prairies.
A good shrub for hiding fences, I use mine in rows to help with wind barriers along with evergreens. Once established, they don't requir...Read Moree much including water. They seem to be pest resistant.
Have grown in a container for a couple of years in Charlotte 7b and it survives hard freezes. No blooms yet, so am thinking it needs a bi...Read More
Does well in NW New Mexico (where avg. annual precipitation is about 8 inches) with little to no irrigation once established. Evasiveness...Read More
It grows well in Scandinavia, and is used for hedges. However, it is not recommended since it is prone to powdery mildew. It would be int...Read More
My Caragana hedge starts out great and full in the spring, then gets powdery mildew and starts loosing its leaves. Have sprayed with a c...Read More
It also grows well in Northern Nevada. We have wind daily and sometimes very strong. This plant is a excellent wind break and as noted ab...Read More
See the 'Pendula' cultivar for a version that is more attractive (to my mind) than the standard form, and also thornless. The seedpods an...Read More
I love this shrub. Yes, it is thorny, but so are roses. The doves come every year to eat the seeds when the pods burst. During the dep...Read More
We were just up North camping and noticed this shrub because of the Hummingbirds . They were just nuts for them. Wouldn't leave them alon...Read More
I'm interested to see that this plant is considered invasive in Alaska. When we bought this house in 1999, the previous owners had just p...Read More
Caraganas are extremely hardy; they are tolerant of drought and extreme cold. They prefer full sull but can tolerate some shade, and als...Read More
A good shrub for hiding fences, I use mine in rows to help with wind barriers along with evergreens. Once established, they don't requir...Read More
This shrub is very hardy and can even be grown in a container large enough for the roots and live through the winter.