Description
Appearing throughout the year, but especially in spring and summer, are dark orange, 2 inches across flowers which appear in clusters at branch tips.
Scarlet cordia is a small shapely tree which grows up to be 25 feet tall and as wide and can develop a trunk 12 inches thick.
Plant Specifications
*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
| Common Name | Scarlet Cordia, Kamla buhal, Challekendala, Virigi, Bohari, Geiger Tree, Lal Lasora, Orange Geiger Tree, Aechinaruvihli, Sebesten plum, Raktarag |
| Maximum Reachable Height | 25 feet |
| Flower Colour | Dark Orange |
| Bloom Time | spring and summer |
| Difficulty Level | Easy |
Planting and care
Give plants a thick mulch, especially in northern growing areas.
Cordia sebestena care
Outdoor plant
| Sunlight | Full sun |
| Watering | Normal |
| Soil | Loamy soil |
| Temperature | 20 to 40 degrees C |
| Fertilizer | Use any organic fertilizer |
Cordia sebestena special feature
Flowers are orange, with a narrowly crinkly tube, flaring open into a flat-faced flower.