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Fabaceae
Bladder Senna
Colutea arborescens
Frivolity and lightheartedness.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Colutea
- Native to
- Southern Europe, Mediterranean
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 6-12 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, tolerates poor soil
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 5-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The inflated seed pods pop when squeezed, delighting children for centuries.
- It was one of the first New World shrubs cultivated in European gardens in the 1500s.
- The leaves were historically used as a substitute for true senna as a mild laxative.
- Bladder senna can fix nitrogen in the soil through symbiotic root bacteria.
- The plant thrives on disturbed, rocky ground where most other shrubs cannot survive.
Color meanings
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playfulness
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carefree spirit