Caesalpinia Pulcherrima

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

It is a shrub growing to 3 m tall. In climates with little to no frosts, this plant will grow larger and is semi-evergreen. Grown in climates with light to moderate freezing, plant will die back to the ground depending on cold, but will re-bound in mid to late spring. This species is more sensitive to cold than others. The leaves are bipinnate, 20a 40 cm long, bearing 3-10 pairs of pinnae, each with 6-10 pairs of leaflets 15a 25 mm long and 10a 15 mm broad. The flowers are borne in racemes up to 20 cm long, each flower with five yellow, orange or red petals. The fruit is a pod 6a 12 cm long.