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Anyone grow sicklepod as an ornamental?

7 years ago

I'm talking about Senna obtusifolia. I know it's a noxious weed in S. Florida, because it filled the swale behind my house in North Port. Still, butterflies love it, and it's a great larval plant for sulfurs. Anyway, I found a little sprout that I thought was something else, but I potted it up anyway. It bloomed today, and it's defiinitely sicklepod. I think I'm going to try to cultivate it as a larval plant. I have the Christmas Cassia, but for some reason, the sulfurs seem to ignoring it, so I'm hoping maybe a native plant they're used to would attract them more.



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