Caesalpinia gilliesii, the Yellow Bird of Paradise
This plant is called a "Southwest" plant which means it does well in desert conditions. It's official description - "It is drought and deer resistant, grows to be 6 ft. tall and wide with rows of small leaflets, big yellow flowers with red sex parts flying out like fiber optic filaments tipped in gold (I laughed out loud when I read that!) and big bean-like pods following. Blooms summer through early freezes. Loved by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Plant in the fall, zones 7-9". Our horticulturists have designated zones all across America, where I live is zone 8. This shrub is planted along with prickly pear cactus at my friend's office, she said yesterday they have never watered that planting, it's been there 15 years, so it really is drought tolerant! You can order 10 seeds for $3.25, I thought that was expensive....just 10 little seeds?!
@bkbinthecity@henrir@alijchapman@onewing@happysnaps@gaylewood@littleconnie thank you all for your sweet comments and favs! @henrir I do wonder if it is available as a shrub without having to go through the whole planting, starting process @gaylewood I'm sure San Antonio landscapers do love it, it's so hardy and pretty too. I need to look at my Alamo photos again and see if it is planted there.
...but if you can propagate 10 six-foot tall plants that will be covered with bees and hummingbirds, it sounds like money well-spent! So, ok, propagate is sort of speculative...
