Dombeya cacuminum (Strawberry Snowball Tree)
Dombeya cacuminum (Strawberry Snowball Tree) showing small green buds developing on a thin branch.
Botanical name: Dombeya cacuminum
Common name: Strawberry Snowball Tree
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Dombeyoideae
Origin: Madagascar
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 9-10
Plant form: Large or medium tree
Mature height: 20 ft or more
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor; semi-shade
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Moderate
Flower color: Red, crimson, vinous
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; large gardens
Wildlife: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirdsDombeya cacuminum is a beautiful evergreen tree. It is a narrow upright tree to 50 feet tall with large maple-like leaves and in spring the 1 foot wide clusters of coral red flowers hang at the branch tips.
Dombeya cacuminum is similar to Dombeya wallichii
except that the flower color is strawberry-red.
Similar plants: Dombeya cacuminum (Strawberry Snowball Tree)
Dombeya cacuminum (Strawberry Snowball Tree) branches full of thin green foliage and woody stems
Link to this plant:
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