Staphylea holocarpa var.rosea
(Bladdernut)
Family - Staphyleaceae
Category - Shrub
Year of Introduction - 1908
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 3m or more
Width - up to 3m
Location - The East Border
Description: A medium to large-sized Deciduous Shrub with an upright, bushy habit. Trifoliate leaves with oblong to lanceolate leaflets emerge bronze in spring and turn blue-green to dark green as they develop. Rose pink buds open to small pretty, pale pink flowers that are bell-shaped. The flowers are held in nodding panicles and produced from mid to late spring as the leaves emerge. The flowers are followed by inflated, bladder-like seed Capsules that are shades of pink and pale green.
Synonym - Staphylea holocarpa 'Rosea'
Additional common name - Rose-coloured Chinese Bladdernut
Flower:
Rose pink buds open to small pretty, pale pink flowers that are bell-shaped. The flowers are held in nodding panicles along the upright branches and are produced in April and May as the leaves emerge. The flowers are followed by pinkish green, inflated bladder-like seed capsules.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers in panicles
Flowering time: April, May
Foliage:
Trifoliate leaves have oblong to lanceolate leaflets. The leaves emerge bronze in spring and turn blue-green to dark green as they develop. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Trifoliate with oblong to lanceolate leaflets
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture retentive soil that is well drained.