Podalyria calyptrata
tree sweet pea seeds

Podalyria calyptrata, called tree sweet pea is a sturdy, fast-growing, well-branched shrub of 2 – 3 m or a small tree of 4 – 5 m. The leaves are simple, alternate and oval or egg-shaped, 10 – 45 mm long and up to 25 mm wide, green-grey in colour and sparsely covered with silky white hairs on the upper and lower surfaces that give the leaves a silvery sheen. Young growth is velvety. The flowers of Podalyria calyptrata are large, 25 mm or more across, very showy, mauve-pink to pink, most have a white spot in the centre, usually visible on the standard petal, and very occasionally you find a bush where the whole flower is white. Photos © Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Hermanus, South Africa.

10 seeds 4.64 $

Podalyria calyptrata tree sweet pea	Podalyria calyptrata tree sweet pea



germination instructions Podalyria calyptrata - tree sweet pea: There is no pre-treatment of the seeds required. The seeds are sown in mineral-based cat litter (no clumping litter) or perlite (germ-free) in plastic-pots. Please sow the seeds on the mineral soil. Bigger seeds need to be covered with the mineral soil, small seeds should remain on the surface. Then put the plastic pot in a ziplock bag - with a pot size of 6 cm , a ziplock bag of size 12 x 17 cm is recommended . Fill in the ziplock bag as much tap water with a few drops of universal fertilizer, so that after the absorption of the substrate a few mm of water remain on the bottom. Then close the ziplock bag - Ready! More watering is not required because no moisture evaporates through the ziplock bag . Location: on the windowsill or in a small greenhouse in partial shade, daytime temperatures at about 73-83 F, somewhat lower at night at 68-72 F. The resulting micro-climate provides ideal conditions for germination.