Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly for two years
Mature size
8–15 m
First harvest
Flowers year five
Family
Fabaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Grows fast from seed; soak the seed overnight first.
Yellow chandeliers in May, when the city most needs something to look at.
Growing it
Grows fast from seed; soak the seed overnight first.
What it is for
Street and park shade; carpenter-bee flowers.