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Garden Plant Detail
Maryland Senna | Cassia marilandica
Plant Species Synonym Names
Scientific: Senna marilandica
Family
Bean - Fabaceae
Image
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Description
One of the best plants for the home landscape. The foliage is a beautiful deep green. It gets showy yellow flowers. They are followed by seed pods that whorl around the stem. The pods turn black in fall making it interesting year round. It is a larval food plant for the sulphur butterflies. The plants are very sturdy and never flop over. It even tolerates some shade.
Characteristics
Mature Height: 5.0'
Mature Width: 3.0'
Flower Color: Yellow
Sun Requirement:Full Sun: direct sun 8 or more hours of the day
Part Sun: direct sun 4 to 8 hours of the day; about half a day of sun
Shade: direct sun 0 to 4 hours of the day
Part Sun to Full Sun
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