Red Silk Cotton Tree Exotic Tree - Bombax Ceiba - 5 Seeds Jiffy Plugs subfamily Crocoideae

subfamily Crocoideae

Growing 20cm to 50cm with 3 channelled leaves and pale pink flowers with dark purple centres in spring

Common names include Fortnight lily

Massonia is a genus in the Hyacinthaceae family found in dry areas in southern Africa

is free from internal rings stores well and keeps its sweet flavour all season

Red Silk Cotton Tree Exotic Tree - Bombax Ceiba - 5 Seeds Jiffy Plugs subfamily CrocoideaeBombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree or tree cotton. This tropical tree has a straight tall trunk and its leaves are deciduous in winter. Red flowers with 5 petals appear in the spring before the new foliage. It produces a capsule which, when ripe, contains white fibres like cotton. Its trunk bears spikes to deter attacks by animals. Although its stout trunk suggests that it is useful for timber, its