Pachypodium lealii
Bottle Tree
Pachypodium lealii is commonly salled Bottle Tree due to the shape of the stem. The stem can grow up to 1.5 m in diameter and 1 m - 6 m height in its native habitat. The flowers are white to pale pink. Most oftenly grown as a greenhouse specimen in temperate climates, it rarely reaches above 1m in height.
Contributed by @dgobi
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Bottle Tree
Latin name
Pachypodium lealii
type
Succulent
family
Apocynaceae
ph
7.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
1.00 M
Pachypodium lealii
Pachypodium lealii is commonly salled Bottle Tree due to the shape of the stem. The stem can grow up to 1.5 m in diameter and 1 m - 6 m height in its native habitat. The flowers are white to pale pink. Most oftenly grown as a greenhouse specimen in temperate climates, it rarely reaches above 1m in height.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Young pot grown plants can be sourced from specialist growers and should be potted on every three to four years. Plant in full sun and any non-acidic, moderately fertile, gritty, very porous soil. Although amazingly drought tolerant, growth is lusher and flowering improves when the soil is bone dry in winter and then evenly moist in the heat of summer.
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