Sophora davidii seed

LATIN NAME: SOPHORA DAVIDII

COMMON NAME: David’s Sophora

The David’s sophora foams the dense, rounded, deciduous shrub with the pinnate leaves of the many small, grey-green leaflets and the many small, white, pea-like flowers that open in the dense, upright clusters through the summer, the flowers foaming over the mound of the foliage, the slender, beaded pods following. The shrub grows steadily into the neat, rounded hummock, and it stands the heat, the cold and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the sharp-draining soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The foam of white bloom of the David’s sophora gives it a recognised place in the research on the dry-ground nitrogen-fixing shrubs of the great sophora group, and the davidii species appears in the studies of the stony-slope growth and the legume value. The work looks at the way the beaded pods follow the bloom, the soil-holding roots, and the seed biology. The ecologists value the tough habit, and the growers of the dry-garden and xeriscape shrubs keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the dry, sunny garden, the David’s sophora foams the summer border with the white bloom. The flowers open for the bees through the summer, the roots hold the loose, stony ground, and the shrub makes the fine, neat feature of the dry border. It grows well in the sharp-draining, sunny ground. White-foamed, beaded and drought-tough.

To grow the David’s Sophora from seed, rub the seeds on the fine sandpaper, then sow them into the sandy drills of the tray, keep the tray in the bright, warm spot and water lightly.

Rub the seeds on the fine sandpaper, and pot the seedlings on as they grow. The foam blooms come within the season. , and the seedlings push through within a couple of weeks. The foam blooms will white over the summer.

Sophora davidii

David’s Scholar Tree
Up for bid are seeds of the David’s Scholar Tree. This is a beautiful medium tree that gets clusters of white flowers with a faint hint of lavender in large panicles, and then it gets interesting seed pods that linger on into the fall and winter. It is a rounded upright grower, and this is deciduous. The foliage is very lacy and fernlike.