“Decaisnea Fargesii” Blue Sausage Tree – 5 seeds TessGruun
Decaisnea Fargesii, better known as the "Blue Sausage Tree" because of its unusual seed pods, is a plant from West China and East Asia. Definitely a wow plant if it is fruiting! It is a large deciduous shrub, which ripens to a height of about 4 metres, with pinnate leaves and pendulous clusters of bell-shaped green-yellow flowers, up to 18 cm long.
After flowering it produces its unusual, bright metal blue seed pods (up to about 10 cm long), which reach their most spectacular ripening in early autumn.
The flesh in the seed pods around the seeds is edible and sweet.
Suitable for sandy, loamy and clay soils. The plant can grow in semi-shade or without shade. It prefers consistent moist soil and is resistant to hot summer climates.
Fully hardy to -15°C and below.
€ 2.00