Bladder-senna, pods full of air like tiny balloons!

Bladder-senna is a shrub bearing unique surprising flowers and fruits, and it’s easy to care for.

Bladder-senna facts summary

Name – Colutea arborescens
Family – Fabaceae
Type – shrub

Height – 6 to 13 feet (2 to 4 meters)
Exposure – full sun
Soil – Ordinary but light

Foliage – deciduous
Flowering – May to August

In shrub hedges or as a standalone, it will fit right into you garden.

Planting bladder-senna

Preferably in spring but planting in fall spell is also possible.

• Follow our advice on how to plant a shrub

Pruning bladder-senna

It isn’t necessary to prune it.
If you wish to reduce or reshape the shrub, best wait for the blooming to have ended.

Caring for bladder-senna

Bladder-senna is quite spectacular because of the fruits it bears and the unique bearing it has.

Caring for and growing this shrub is rather easy.

It will do great both as a standalone and as part of a shrub bed.

Read also on shrubs:

• Advice on how to prune shrubs
• Ideas of flowered shrubs for a hedge
• Hedges, great barriers against diseases
• Shrubs that flower in the summer