Senna italica seed

LATIN NAME: Senna italica

COMMON NAME: Italian Senna

The Italian senna is the feathery shrub of the dry plains, and the small, yellow flowers open in the upright spikes among the narrow leaves. The small, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub or subshrub carries the pinnate leaves of the small, narrow leaflets and the upright, dense spikes of the small, yellow flowers through the warm season, one of the fine, bright sights of the dry bed. The leaves and the pods have a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, and the shrub is a fine, historic presence of the study collection. It is a shrub of the open, sunny, sharp-draining ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Italian senna is a historic subject of the plant science, and the yellow spikes keep showing up in the work on the senna group. The chemistry of the leaves and the pods, which have a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the traditional senna herbs, the dry-land legumes and the members of the bean family. The pinnate leaves and the upright spikes have also made it a fine study shrub, and the Italian senna is a regular subject of the work on the bright yellow spikes of the dry world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Italian senna is a fine, bright shrub of the dry bed and the study collection. The upright, dense spikes of the small, yellow flowers open through the warm season, one of the fine, bright sights of the dry bed, drawing the bees, and the pinnate leaves hold the fine, feathery crown of the shrub. The leaves and the pods have a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, and the shrub is one of the fine choices for the dry bed, the study collection and the warm border. It has been written up in the botanical and the herbal papers for the yellow spikes and the long record of use, and it is a fine, bright shrub of the open, sunny, sharp-draining garden.

Give the young shrub the open, sunny spot and the sharp-draining soil, and it will take the dry season in the stride.

To grow the Italian senna from seed, sow the small, brown seeds a centimetre down in a tray of free-draining seed compost, keep the tray in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the sharp-draining ground, the yellow spikes will open through the warm season.