Oroxylum indicum Seeds | Midnight Horror Tree
LATIN NAME: Oroxylum indicum
COMMON NAME: Midnight Horror Tree
Plant Profile
Oroxylum indicum, better known as Midnight Horror Tree, is a tree in the trumpet-creeper family. It is a tree of open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground. Bees find the flowers quickly, and that pollinator traffic is a garden benefit in its own right. For the gardener, the sum of these traits is a plant that is easy to live with.
Science & Biotechnology
Within the trumpet-creeper family, Oroxylum indicum is of continuing interest to researchers working on plant diversity, seed biology and the selection of improved garden forms. Species like this one find a second career as research material, especially in propagation and breeding work.
Uses & Benefits
In the garden, Midnight Horror Tree earns its place in borders, containers and mixed plantings, and it also rewards growers who raise plants for cutting, drying or kitchen use. Midnight horror tree is a strange, useful tree of warm woodland and study collection. It is a strange, useful tree of open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden. Midnight horror tree seeds start well in a peaty, loamy mix kept warm and moist. A plant that has settled in will get along with only routine care.
Oroxylum seed, Mu Hu Die, is a classical Chinese herb for sore throats and coughs, and its flavonoid oroxylin is actively studied; the tree’s huge winged seeds and night flowers are a tropical wonder.
Growing from Seed
Raising Midnight Horror Tree from seed is straightforward. Broadcast the seed thinly over a fine, free-draining compost, sieve a little more compost on top, and water with a fine rose. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
Midnight Horror Tree repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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