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Caragana bicolor

Caragana bicolor is a shrub in the pea family, native to parts of China and the Himalayan region. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant species grown for its pea-like flowers and garden or shelter-belt use.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and sandy soils.
Temperature
Hardy to around -30 °C; grows well in temperate climates.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Nepal to SC. China
Climate
temperate

About

Caragana bicolor is a species of flowering plants within the family Fabaceae. It is an endemic species in found in China.

Other Caragana plants

Caragana acanthophylla · Caragana ambigua · Siberian peashrub · Russian peashrub · Russian Salt Tree · Shag Spine Peashrub · Peashrub · Pygmy Caragana · Chinese Peashrub · Peashrub

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caragana bicolor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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