150 (500)cm, Cockspur Coral Tree is one of the easiest of all Erythrina species. It is native from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil and flowers freely as a container plant from its third year onwards. It bears showy deep red, large flowers on present years' branches. For any rich, well drained substrate in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter keep semi-dormant plants drier at a minimum of some 10°C, when they will shed all leaves and thinner branches will die back. VI-VIII. 7 seeds per package.
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