TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cassia javanica
Apple Blossom Tree, Apple Blossom ShowerFamily: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Origin: Indonesia
A small tree with a wide-spreading crown and pale-green leaves. A very showy summer bloomer. Magnificent flowers bloom with petals that change in color from pale red to dark red then paling again. A great houseplant to grow! Flowers range from white to pink on the same branch and appear in dense clusters. This tree is in bloom for over three months. Grow in full light, water freely during growing season and feed once a month.
See Article about pink cassias.
Hybrid:
Similar plants:
- Cassia abbreviata (Long Pod Cassia, Sjambok Pod)
- Cassia afrofistula (Kenyan Shower)
- Cassia antillana, Senna nitida, Chamaefistula antillana, Cassia aurea (Golden Rain tree)
- Cassia bahamensis, Senna mexicana chapmanii (Bahama Senna, Bahama Cassia)
- Cassia bakeriana (Dwarf Apple Blossom Tree, Pink Cassia, Pink Shower Cassia, Wishing-tree)
- Cassia bakeriana x fistula (Apple Blossom Tree)
- Cassia brewsteri (Buy Cigar Cassia)
- Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia, Peanut Butter Senna)
- Cassia fistula (Golden Shower Tree, Indian Laburnum, Ratchaphruek)
- Cassia fistula x javanica, Cassia fistula x grandis, Cassia javanica x grandis (Rainbow Shower)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/cassia_javanica.htm
Cassia javanica - Apple Blossom Tree. Beautiful pink apple-blossom-like flowers. A very showy summer bloomer. Magnificent flowers bloom with petals that change in color from pale red to dark red then paling again. Flowers range from white to pink on the same branch and appear in dense clusters. This tree is in bloom for over three months.
Recommended Fertilizer: SUNSHINE Megaflor - Bloom Nutrition Booster
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Recommended Fertilizer: SUNSHINE Megaflor - Bloom Nutrition Booster
Grown in
6"/1 gal pot
In stock
$49.95