Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Caesalpinia gilliesii reaching for the sky again., 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Kyle, I'll let you know if I get seeds following my flowers. They are yours if you want them. I only have the yellow C. mexicana and C. gillesii. I grew some C. mexicana from seed, and they flowered in the second year. The C. mexicana flowers are small and fairly unremarkable, I think. I have two C. pulcherrima plants, but they didn't flower for me this year. One of them had flowers on it when I bought it. I sowed the red and pink C. pulcherrima seeds one year, but they didn't make it through the winter outdoors, even in my warm climate. The C. mexicana seedlings did fine through the winter outside, but the red and pink C. pulcherrima died rather quickly, which leads me to believe that they need heat and constant temps for about the first year. There are some really nice colors of the C. pulcherrima flowers. I've seen some nice ones on eBay.