Tephrosia apollinea seed

LATIN NAME: TEPHROSIA APOLLINEA

COMMON NAME: Apollinea Tephrosia

The Apollinea tephrosia frosts the low, spreading shrub with the compound leaves of the narrow, grey-green leaflets that are softly hairy beneath, the whole plant frosted with the silver, and the clusters of the small, pink or purple, pea-like flowers that open through the warm season, the narrow, flat pods following. The plant grows quickly and stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the light, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The frosted foliage of the Apollinea tephrosia gives it a recognised place in the research on the warm-desert shrubs of the pea family, and the apollinea species appears in the studies of the dry-ground survival and the nitrogen-fixing roots. The work looks at the way the silver hairs frost the leaves, the soil-holding habit, and the seed biology. The ecologists value the tough cover, 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 Apollinea tephrosia frosts the warm garden with the silver leaves. The foliage lights the border, the roots hold the loose soil, and the pink flowers open for the bees. It grows well in the light, well-drained, sunny ground. Silver-frosted, tough and dry-ground born.

To grow the Apollinea Tephrosia from seed, drop the seeds into the hot water, then let them swell, sow them into the sandy drills of the tray, keep the tray in the warm, bright spot and mist lightly, and the seedlings appear within a couple of weeks.

Keep the tray in the warm, bright spot and mist lightly, and pot the seedlings on as they grow. The frost leaves come within the season. Set the young shrubs in the sunny, light ground, and the frost leaves will silver through the season.