Senna Species, Candle Bush, Candelabra Bush, Empress Candle Plant, Golden Candlestick (Senna alata)

by htop Oct 17, 2003 10:55 PM

This plant is between 8 and 10 feet tall

Photo by Tami McNally, Florida

Ants are attracted to the plant

Zone 11...Does Great...One of my favorites! Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Cassia Alata blooms

$This is an amazing small tree. For me in zone 9b it dies back to the ground in winter and comes back each summer. Grows to about 10-15\\\$

This is an amazing small tree. For me in zone 9b it dies back to the ground in winter and comes back each summer. Grows to about 10-15\\\'! So far a real no care plant.

As I stated it dies by in winter and does this in the summer!

$I bought this Cassia [Senna] last year in a 1 gal. size pot. It was about 3 feet tall when I bought it. It grew to about 5 feet tall and wide over the summer. It froze back to the ground this winter. It\\\$

I bought this Cassia [Senna] last year in a 1 gal. size pot. It was about 3 feet tall when I bought it. It grew to about 5 feet tall and wide over the summer. It froze back to the ground this winter. It\\\'s now about 10 feet tall and 8 feet wide. The largest trunks are maybe 3 inches in diameter. It has lots of yellow flowers on it. A very nice specimen tree and also a great butterfly larval food--if you can keep the ants that are on it from eating all the eggs and cats!

macro of flower. Kerrville, TX (Oct 4, 2003)

Took this photo on the way to work at a house belonging to a lady named Lydia . The blooms open from the bottom up and it is still blooming in October. Although the blooms are huge, they look small in the photo because the foliage is so large. (San Antonio, Tx.)

You need to give this plant plenty of room to grow. I do not know how old Lydia's plant is. Still bloomimg in October.(San Antonio, Tx.)

Blooms just opening at the bottom. (San Antonio, Tx.)

Seed pods ... (San Antonio, Tx.)

Winged seed pod, showing seeds. Rio de Janeiro, mid summer.

Part creeping, part erect shrub, this plant sure demands more room than it should. Rio de Janeiro, mid summer.

Close up of the inflorescence. Rio de Janeiro, mid summer.

cant wait for the blooms, its really gaining fast with all the rain we've had!!

SENNA ALATA

One of many Candle plants grown in Hallsville, Texas.

First flowers. In May this plant was 1' tall, it's 9 ' tall and growing. Very fast grower.

Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant, Candletree, Candelabra Bush (Senna alata) bloom cluster beginning to open; a snout-nose butterfly sipping rain water while staying cool in the shade

Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant, Candletree, Candelabra Bush (Senna alata) bloom cluster with a snout-nose butterfly sipping rain water while staying cool in the shade ...