Fevertree, Feverbark, Georgia Bark, Pinckneya, Poinsettia Tree Pinckneya bracteata - Pinckneya pubens, Bignonia bracteata

Detailed Listing For
Botanical Name:

Pinckneya bracteata

Family:

Rubiaceae

Genus:

Pinckneya

Species:

bracteata

Common Name:

Fevertree, Feverbark, Georgia Bark, Pinckneya, Poinsettia Tree

Seeds Per Pound:
140,740
Quantity:
0.08 lb
Average Viable Seeds/Packet:
34
Germination:
56%
Germination Test Type:
Cut (Full Seed)
Purity:
99%
Height:
15-30ft
Collection Locale:
Georgia
Crop Year:
2015
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
8

In Stock: 0.08 lb
Prices
Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 34 seeds)
$17.95
1 gram (~ 310 seeds)
$49.50
10 gram (~ 3103 seeds)
$299.95
1 oz (~ 8796 seeds)
$649.50
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in cold water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
Other: some germination may be delayed until the following year.
In a Nutshell:
* Fevertree or pinckneya is a large, open shrub or small tree, growing 10-30 ft. high. Large, coarse, rich-green leaves are concentrated at branch ends. Flowers are yellowish-green and tubular with five, reflexed lobes. The showy part of the floral display, however, is the white, pink or rose sepals that become petal-like and reminiscent of poinsettias. Rich-green foliage. more...
* 1/2-1" yellow-green trumpet-shaped flowers backed by white, pink, or rose sepals, "beautiful for flower effect" (Dirr), dark green simple 4-8" leaves, likes moist acid soil, native to southeast U.S.
* In earlier days, malaria and other fevers were treated at home with a medicine made from the inner bark of this deciduous, 30-foot-tall, North American native tree, giving it the common name "Fevertree". more...
Usda description:
More info on http://plants.usda.gov