xanthoceras sorbifolium seed
LATIN NAME: Xanthoceras sorbifolium
COMMON NAME: Yellowhorn
The yellowhorn flushes with the white flowers, each one holding the little yellow-and-red centre, over the bright green leaves, and the whole tree carries the fresh, open look of the spring garden. The hardy, spreading, deciduous tree carries the pinnate leaves with the many narrow, toothed leaflets and the white, five-petalled flowers in the upright clusters, each petal with the yellow base that turns red with age, through the late spring, one of the bright, fresh sights of the spring garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the green, three-lobed capsules with the round, dark, oil-rich seeds. The oil-rich seeds have a very long record as the treasured seeds of the old orchards, and the tree is a historic presence of the spring garden. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The yellowhorn is a historic subject of the plant science, and the oil-rich seeds keep showing up in the work on the woody oil plants. The way the round, dark, oil-rich seeds form in the green, three-lobed capsules has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the woody oil plants, the pinnate leaves and the members of the soapberry family. The oil-rich seeds and the hardy habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the yellowhorn is a regular subject of the work on the oil-rich seeds of the cool world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The yellowhorn is a bright, useful tree of the spring garden and the study collection. The white, five-petalled flowers with the yellow-and-red centres open in the upright clusters through the late spring, one of the bright, fresh sights of the spring garden, drawing the bees, and the oil-rich seeds have a very long record as the treasured seeds of the old orchards, the pressed oil coming to the fine, clear oil of the old kitchens and the steady crop of the dry orchards, while the pinnate leaves carry the fresh, open look of the spring garden, to be followed by the green, three-lobed capsules with the round, dark, oil-rich seeds. It is one of the fine choices for the spring garden, the orchard and the study collection, and it has been written about in the agricultural and the horticultural papers for the oil-rich seeds and the very long history. It is a bright, useful tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.
The yellowhorn seeds germinate well in a deep, sandy mix kept lightly moist. The young trees are hardy once they root, and they take the deep, well-drained ground of the open garden well, the first flowers coming after a few years.
To grow the yellowhorn from seed, drop the large, dark seeds one at a time into the tray of deep, sandy soil, about a centimetre down, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then pot the young trees on as they fill the pot. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, well-drained ground, the white flowers will open over the years.
