Blue Sausage Fruit - Decaisnea Fargesii - Dead Mans Fingers Shrub - 3 Seeds
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Blue Sausage Fruit - Decaisnea Fargesii - Dead Mans Fingers Shrub - 3 Seeds
Decaisnea fargesii (Blue cucumber tree, Blue bean tree, Blue sausage fruit, Dead man's fingers) is a bushy fully hardy perennial deciduous shrub with green flowers in early Summer and mid Summer. It grows well in direct sun and semi-shade, and prefers medium levels of water. The flowers are arranged in a racemose catkin inflorescence. It has low drought tolerance. It looks best in Summer and Autumn. This is a erect shrub has a fast rate of growth has an ultimate height of 6m / 19.7ft and spread of 6m / 19.7ft. It can take 6-10 years to reach its ultimate height. The leaves are green in Spring and Summer and green in Autumn. They are alternately pinnate in shape. The plant prefers a sheltered situation. Fruit edible, borders, flowering shrub and woodland margin. The fruit is blue. There is a fruit/seed abundance beginning in Autumn and ending in Autumn.