flowers range in color from pale pink to rose to purple or burgundy at the tips and grade into ivory with brownish spots or blotches at the base.
Growing Areas
hot areas of pakistan
Frost Tender
yes
Exposure
full sun
Soil pH
tolerant
Propagation
by seeds
Uses
as a background tree, for naturalizing, accent, and specimen
Other Details
Ceiba speciosa (formerly known as Chorisia speciosa), also called the Silk Floss Tree, is known for its remarkably thorny trunk, its striking magenta/white flowers, and its floss and silk filled seed pods. Mainly evergreen but will go deciduous briefly when they flower. Oval shaped medium sized tree growing to 30 to 60 ft tall and 20 to 40 ft wide. Fast rate of growth when young then slows down. Beautiful flowering tree in fall with showy pink to rosy colored blossoms. Trunk is stout, green in color and usually is armed with thick, heavy spines. Leaves are palmately compound with long petiole. Five leaflets per leaf. Fruit is a large pod appearing in spring. Pod opens and emits cotton like material. Used as a background tree, for naturalizing, accent, and specimen. Prefers a well drained soil and likes summer water. Is considered to be half hardy. Trunk is usually enlarged at base. Cotton is used as stuffing material like pillows. Tree may go deciduous in autumn or when temp goes below 27 degrees F.
