ON THIS PLANT
Tamarix ramosissima, commonly known as saltcedar salt cedar, or tamarisk, is a deciduous arching shrub with reddish stems, feathery, pale green foliage, and characteristic small pink flowers. The cultivar 'Pink Cascade' (dark pink flowered) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Shrub
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Tamarix
- Family
- Tamaricaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 2-8
- Mature Height
- 7.92 m
- Mature Spread
- 4.88 m
- Leaf Color
- Green, Gray, Silver
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Pink
- Flower Size
- 0.08 cm to 0.10 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer
- Native Area
- Tajikistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Pakistan, Ukraine, China, Uzbekistan, Russia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Iran, Azerbaijan, South Korea, Qatar, Moldova, Turkmenistan
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Tamarisk en Salt-cedar en Pink tamarisk en Tamarix en Odessa tamarisk en Five-stamen tamarisk ar گز پرشاخه he אשל ראמוסיסימה
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