10 Podalyria sericea Seeds - Silver Sweet Pea Bush - Indigenous Shrub Seeds

This silvery, rounded shrub has attractive, soft shiny leaves and small, pretty pink flowers in winter which are followed by unusual swollen seed pods. Podalyria sericea is a small, naturally rounded, evergreen shrub, 1 x 1m. The lovely silky, silver-grey foliage gives the whole plant a silvery, shiny lustre. The genus Podalyria was named after Podalirius, the son of Asklepios, who was the Roman god of medicine. The specific name sericeus (Latin), means silky. It was David Nelson, a botanist who sailed with Captain Cook, who introduced this lovely plant to British gardens. This genus occurs in the large legume (Fabaceae) family which includes more than 700 species ranging from perennial herbs to dwarf shrubs and includes only a few trees. Podalyria is a genus of 25 species, endemic to southern Africa, mainly occurring in southern Western Cape, extending into the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal . Common characteristics are simple, alternate leaves, and pink or white pea-like flowers. The other noteworthy species in this genus is P. calyptrata, the sweetpea bush, a 2-3 m well-branched shrub, with silvery foliage and sweet-scented mauve-pink flowers in spring.

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