Botanical Name: Cussonia paniculata
Common Name: Mountain Cabbage \ Kiepersol

Use : Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Plant Type : Tree
Flower Colour : Green cream
Foliage Colour : Grey green
Best Season : All seasons
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Hardy
Attributes : Attracts butterflies & birds
Height (m) : 5 -7
Spread (m) : 2
 
Notes : The crown of grey-green irregularly lobed leaves is produced on top of an often crooked or curving, sturdy trunk which makes it a particularly fine form or single accent tree for a small garden. Prefers an open situation in fairly fertile well-drained soil with a dry Winter. Is drought and wind resistant. May be evergreen in milder climates. Bark is rough and corky. Small flowers attract many insects. The small, round, fleshy fruits are purple when ripe and are eaten by a variety of birds. Fruiting begins at about eight years. Easily propagated from seed.