DESERT FERN

Botanical name:

Lysiloma thornberi

Common name : 
Desert fern
Maintenance:

•Low maintenance

•Mow selectively to give shape or cut the dry branches totally to the ground

•Mow hurted parts from the freezing

•Requieres cleaning when the pods fall

Arquitectonic

use:

•Natural and desert gardens

•Accent plant in very hot zones

•It's valued for its delicate foliage, and the exhibition of its flowers in summer

Special:

 
Features:  

•Tolerates drough and high temperatures

•Its foliage has the aspect of a fern

•Provides shade that filts into it making it fresh

Ornamental

Description:

 

 

Size of the grown plant :
15 to 45 feet high. 15 to 25 ft. wide

Plantation: Spring, once the freezing passes and the heat starts

Growth: Moderate to fast

Space between plants: 6 to 10 feet according to the desired effect

Water: Low, once stablished. Deep and spaced irrigation

Sun Light: 100%     

Soil: Tolerates any type of soil, with good drainage

Floration:   Summer

Flower color: White, very small, dark green

Category:       Schrub or tree      

Clasification:   Evergreen     

Special indications: In cold zones where it freezes, grows up to 4 or 5 feet, as a feathery tree. After blooming produces sheath remains for a long period of time. It's sensible to the cold and susceptible to freezing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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