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Popcorn Cassia (Senna didymobotrya)

28/09/2022 By

Hardy legume shrub with yellow flowers, and leaves that smell like popcorn when crushed.

Origin: Africa

Size: 3m high, 2m spread

Growing conditions: full sun to partial shade

Propagation: easily grown from seeds

Growing tips: Prune regularly to maintain compact habit.

Use: Good for permaculture chop & drop. It will fix nitrogen in soil after pruning.

Availability in shop: all year

Filed Under: Know Your Plants, Nursery Plants Tagged With: Permaculture, Support plants

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Yandina Community Gardens acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners of the land, the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) people, past and present and emerging. We recognise and wish to learn from their spiritual and cultural connection to the land.

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