Galphimia Glauca

Description

Common Name	golden shower tree,Galphimia Glauca
Maximum Reachable Height	30.00 to 50.00 feet
Flower Colour	Yellow
Bloom Time	April to September
Difficulty Level	easy to grow

Planting and care

Plant the golden shower tree where it grows and flowers its best:

Choose any fertile soil-landscape that basks in at least 10 hours of direct sunlight daily.

Avoid any spot where the soil remains soggy after rain.

Once established with far-reaching roots, the golden shower tree tolerates considerable drought without ill, according to Margaret Barwick, author of “Tropical and Subtropical Trees.”
Galphimia Glauca care

A magnificent spring-flowering street or park tree for tropical regions, the golden shower tree (Cassia fistula) slowly matures up to 60 feet tall and 60 to 75 feet wide with a rounded silhouette.
Native to the Indian subcontinent, it naturally grows in fertile, well-drained soils in a climate that is warm but very dry in winter but then inundated with rains in spring to trigger the flowering. It s named a “shower” tree because its tiny yellow flowers occur in a long pendant cluster, called a raceme, measuring 6 to 30 inches long.

Sunlight	Full sun
Watering	Medium
Soil	well-drained soil
Temperature	30F
Fertilizer	Apply any organic fertilizer

Galphimia Glauca special feature

Ornamental. Shade tree. Formerly planted in some populated areas as a street tree, but this use has waned as planners have shifted to using Cassia x realize for this purpose because this hybrid does not drop as many leaves at flowering time and does not produce any seed pods.

Galphimia Glauca uses


Ornamental Use:

• The plant is used for ornamental purpose

Medicinal Use:

• Galphimia is also generally used as a homeopathic treatment for asthma and allergies