Botanical Name: Erythrina crista-galli
Common Name: Cock's Comb

 

Use: Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Exotic
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Plant Type : Tree
Flower Colour : Red
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : Spring to Summer
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Semi-hardy
Attributes :
Height (m) : 6
Spread (m) :
    
Notes : Genus of over 100 species. Ideal for a small garden. Bears long drooping sprays of crimson flowers at branch ends. Prune hard immediately after flowering to produce flowering stems for the following season. Will eventually develop a gnarled trunk. Seeds itself freely. Pests and diseases: frequently develops galls from mid-Summer onwards but they do not seem to have a detrimental effect on the tree. More worrying is a boring insect which enters at branch tips and can cause serious damage. As soon as signs are visible, cut the branch below the borer.