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Pseudobombax ellipticum / Shaving Brush Tree at the Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens in Punta Gorda, FL

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Pseudobombax ellipticum , with the Common names include " shaving brush tree " and amapolla tree, is a species of plant in the Bombacoid

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Pseudobombax ellipticum 'Red' - Red Shaving Brush Tree

Habit and Cultural Information

Category: Tree

Family: Malvaceae (w/Bombacaceae & Sterculeacea)

Origin: Mexico (North America)

Flower Color: Pink

Bloomtime: Spring

Synonyms: [Bombax ellipticum, Carolinea fastuosa]

Height: 15-20 feet Width: 10-15 feet

Exposure: Full Sun

Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs

Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F

Pseudobombax ellipticum 'Red' (Red Shaving Brush Tree) -

A winter deciduous tree that can reach 30 feet or more with a trunk diameter of over 4 feet in its tropical native habitat but is seen here cultivated in California as a large shrub. It has a swollen smooth green trunk, often with a tortoise shell pattern and fissured with gray bark, short thick succulent stems and large palmately compound leaves with five elliptical rounded leaflets that first emerge am attractive red color and then turn dark-green. The leaves can be up to 1 foot long by 7 inches wide and while the margins are entire like the white flowering form of the species, the edges of leaves of this pink flowering form are slightly undulated. In the spring, when the tree is still bare of leaves appear the long greenish black upright buds that open with green sepals pealing back and reflexing downwards to expose beautiful 5 inch long reddish pink stamens, looking much like a pink shaving brush - these flowers only last a day. This pink form is more often seen in Mexico and in Florida while the white form is most common in cultivation here in the western US. The flowers are followed by 6 inch long fruit which contains fine white hairs. Plant in full to partial sun and irrigate regularly when in leaf, especially if growing in a container.

It is fairly drought tolerant where one can grow in the ground but is sensitive to cold so this can only be done in near frost free climates. It tolerates temperatures that drop for short durations down into the high 20°s but best to protect even from these temperatures. Our outdoor specimens of the white flowering form survived undamaged the January 2007 freeze (3 nights at 25° with just a blanket of frost cloth thrown over them). After flowering and as the leaves emerge is the best time to trim this plant for shape.

Pseudobombax ellipticum is native to southern Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras where it can typically be found growing in dry and rocky locations. It is a very ornamental plant and native cultures within it natural range likely planted it for this purpose but also planted it as a living fence and used its wood for firewood and for carving dishes. Its seed could be toasted and eaten and the fruit fibers (kapok) was used to fill pillows and as insulation.

Its importance to the Mayan civilizations is evidenced by the its presence in the artwork on ceramic pieces.

The plant was first described in 1822 as Bombax ellipticum by the German botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth and later reclassified to its current name by Columbian botanist Armando Dugand in 1943. The name for the genus is the combination of the Latin and Greek words 'bombax' meaning cotton 'pseudo' meaning "false" in reference to this plant previously being placed in the genus Bombax, whose name came from the cottony white fibers, called kapok, that surround the seeds. Long considered in its own family, the Bombacaceae, the current treatment has transferred them to the subfamily Bombacoideae within the family Malvaceae. The specific epithet is the is in reference to the elliptic shape of the leaflets. Our thanks to South African plantsman Lourens Grobler for providing us with the seedlings of this beautiful plant. This information is based on research conducted about this plant in our nursery library and from reliable online sources.

We also take into consideration observations of it in our nursery of crops, as well as of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens we have visited. We will incorporate comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if it includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Pseudobombax ellipticum 'Red'.

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Pseudobombax Ellipticum

Pseudobombax ellipticum, with common names including shaving brush tree, Dr Seuss tree, and amapolla tree, is a species of plant in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae.

Pseudobombax ellipticum is native to Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala. GRIN lists two synonyms, Bombax ellipticum and Carolinea fastuosa, as well as some common names: shaving-brush tree in English, pochote or pochotl in Spanish, and rakborstträd in Swedish. Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter also provides additional names for Pseudobombax ellipticum: amapolo (Mayan), xiloxóchitl (cornsilk flower, Aztecan and current in some parts of Mexico), and cabellos de ángel, or angel hair (Spanish).

Pseudobombax ellipticum, with common names including shaving brush tree, Dr Seuss tree, and amapolla tree, is a species of plant in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae.

The tree is native to southern Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hispaniola, Honduras and Cuba.

Uses include firewood and wood for carving handicrafts.

The attractive flowers are used to decorate homes and churches in Central America. In Central America, a highly intoxicating drink is made from the tree.

Cultivation

The tree is grown as an ornamental tree in Florida, Hawaii, and coastal Southern California.

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Shaving Brush Tree Overview

Pseudobombax ellipticum is a spreading, deciduous tree species in the Malvaceae family. Originating from the Americas this plant produces bottlebrush-like, scented, pink or sometimes white flowers in spring before the leaves. They open from large, cigar-shaped buds and lead onto thick, oval-shaped seed pods with a fluffy interior. They are composed of many stamens, from which pollen is produced. Palm-shaped leaves are red upon emergence, developing to orange-bronze and finally green with age. This plant can provide nice shade.

Pseudobombax ellipticum

Shaving Brush Tree

Amapolla Tree

Commonly known as Shaving Brush Tree, it is frequently grown for its thick caudex base and is a popular choice for bonsai. With pruning, it may be encouraged to develop a swollen base. The trunk also develops an attractive tortoise-shell like texture with age, it is striped with shades of blue-green, brown and silver.

How to propagate Shaving Brush Tree

Seed

Cuttings

Special features of Shaving Brush Tree

Attractive flowers

Drought resistant

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudobombax_ellipticum

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Pseudobombax Ellipticum

Pseudobombax ellipticum, with common names including shaving brush tree, Dr Seuss tree, and amapolla tree, is a species of plant in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae.

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Pseudobombax ellipticum ‘Alba’ – White Shaving Brush (4″ pot) $16.00

This deciduous tropical flowering tree produces large white flowers in the spring time when mature. The flowers resemble a shaving brush or even a fiber optic flashlight! Plants grown in a container develop a fat trunk resembling a turtle’s shell. We also sell the grafted pink shaving brush plant.Ships in 4″ pot. Young plant. Does not come with flowers.

Description If planted in a tropical area with good soil and given plenty of water, this magnificent flowering tree can get really big, perhaps as tall as 50′-70′. If kept potted and trimmed, the tree can be kept around 3′ tall. The way that the tree is going to end up looking will depend on where you live and how you grow it.If you live in frost prone areas, then you have to grow the Shaving Brush in pots and the tree will be short and fat. A caudex will form (fat base) sometimes resembling a turtle shell.

Pseudobombax are grown in full to partial sun. It is a deciduous tree and will lose their leaves in the winter. They should be kept a little dry at this time. In the spring, it will bloom when the tree still has no leaves (when mature or grafted). You should increase the water a little at this time of the year. After the flowers are gone, the leaves will sprout and if you need to, you can trim the tree. By now it is time to start a regular (average) water schedule and fertilizing.

Repotting is only needed once the trunk or caudex is outgrowing the pot. They like small pots and will form the fat base faster.

FAMILY : Bombacaceae

ORIGIN : Mexico

MATURE SIZE : 50′ tree in tropical climate but can be kept much smaller in a container

GROWTH RATE : fast in ground, slow in pot

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS : full to partial sun (outdoors) WATER REQUIREMENTS : average during warm months and little in the winter

MIN. TEMP. : low 30’s for a short period on mature plants, better to keep about 40°F

FLOWER : spring on mature or grafted treesAll photos are of my mother plants, not the plants for sale.

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