How to grow Castor beans growing and care:
Warm season
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seed / Vegetative reproduction / Basal shoot
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Poisonous, invasive, basal shoot
Planting season:
Spring / Autumn in warmer climates
Pests and diseases:
Larva, castor butterfly
Pruning season:
All year
How to prune:
Just for design and if there is little children also the bud of the bloom
Size of the plant?
1-10 m, 3-30 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Small amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Summer / Autumn / Winter (rarely in hot summer)
General information about the flower
Pompon flower color can be: red, orange or green with red for female flower male flowers green and yellow, the flowers grow on inflorescences
Scientific name:
Ricinus communis
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Autumn Planting, Spring Planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants, Part shade Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Mediterranean Climate, Subtropics Climate, Temperate Climate, Tropics Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Average growing plants, Fast growing plants
Plant life-form: Annual plant, Deciduous, Evergreen, Perennial plant, Shrub, Tree
Plant Uses: Colored leaves, Drought tolerant plants, Ground fixing plants, Hedging plants, Medical uses, Ornamental plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Small amounts of water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 11, Hardiness zone 13, Hardiness zone 6, Hardiness zone 7, Hardiness zone 8, Hardiness zone 9
Ornamental parts: Ornamental flower, Ornamental fruit, Ornamental leaves, Ornamental plant
Leaf color: Red leaves
Blooming season: Autumn flowers, Spring flowers, Winter flowers
Flower colors: Green flower, Orange flower, Red flower, Yellow flower
Harvest Season:
Edible Parts:
Culinary uses: