Buy Inga Dulce Variegata Plant - Enhance Your Garden with a Vibrant, Colorful Touch!

Description

Common name:

Variegated Madras Thorn, Manilla Tamarind

Regional name:

Marathi - Vilaiti Chinch, Hindi - Jungle Jalebi

Category:

Shrubs, Trees, Medicinal Plants

Family:

Leguminosae or Fabaceae or Pea family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

January, February, March, April, Flowers are inconspicuous

Flower or Inflorescence color:

White

Foliage color:

Variegated, Green, Pink, White

Plant Height or length:

6 to 8 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

4 to 6 meters

Plant Form:

Irregular, Spreading, Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
• Good for making bonsai
• Good for screening
• Good for Hedges and Borders
• Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
• Thorny or Spiny
• Quick growing trees
• Suitable for road median planting
• Suitable for avenue planting
• Hanging or weeping growth habit

Plant Description:

- A plant sought by bonsai enthusiasts as well landscapsits.
- New shoots are white with a tinge of pink. They become green as they mature.
- Native South America and West Indies.
- A large, evergreen shrub.
- Group up to 6-7 m tall with grey bark.
- Trunk often crooked branchlets armed with short sharp spines arising near the base of the leaves.
- Leaves 2.5-4 cm long.
- Flower white, stemless on small globose heads arranged in long narrow terminal clusters.

Growing tips:

- A easy to grow plant if given the right conditions.
- Likes humidity and moisture - much more than the regular green variety.
- Prefers acidic soil too.
- Plants do grow big - but then they become like the normal green plant.
- The bright foliage sprouts after a hard trim. Therefore plants are at their best when grown as a hedge, bonsai or trimmed shrub.