Native Florida Coral Bean

[edric]

Here's a couple photos of the native Florida coral bean, froze down to the roots, but is coming back strong, and flowering, Ed

[Eric in Orlando]

Coralbean froze to the roots ????? How cold did you get ???

[edric]

Coralbean froze to the roots ????? How cold did you get ???

Hi Eric, 25 degrees here in no mans land, Mosquito Lagoon, Ed

[Eric in Orlando]

I've never heard of it freezing back above 20F !!!

[edric]

Ok, I exaggerated, all the green growth, all but that woody trunk, this plant is very old, it's 8 feet from my garage, and been there as long as I can remember, Ed

[tank]

Eric, they freeze back up here in the mid twenties.

[Eric in Orlando]

I never knew that ! I thought they were good until below 20F before they froze. We have one in a sunny location that is huge, 3 trunks and about 10ft tall.. It just finished flowering.

How far north are they native ?

[SubTropicRay]

A 15-20 foot tall specimen at the USF Botanical Garden survived 24F without damage in January 2010.

[virtualpalm]

Here is a (not so in-focus) photo of a flowering plant that I saw about a month ago in a pine rockland here in Miami-Dade County.

Jody

[Eric in Orlando]

This is E. x bidwillii, a cross between E. herbacea and E. crista-galli