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
Blooming Seasons | - Autumn flowers
- Spring flowers
- Winter flowers
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Flower colors | - Green flower
- Orange flower
- Red flower
- Yellow flower
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Climate | - Mediterranean Climate
- Subtropics Climate
- Temperate Climate
- Tropics Climate
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Leaf color | |
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Ornamental parts | - Ornamental flower
- Ornamental fruit
- Ornamental leaves
- Ornamental plant
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Plant growing speed | - Average growing plants
- Fast growing plants
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Plant life-form | - Annual plant
- Deciduous
- Evergreen
- Perennial plant
- Shrub
- Tree
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Plant Uses | - Colored leaves
- Drought tolerant plants
- Ground fixing plants
- Hedging plants
- Medical uses
- Ornamental plants
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Planting Season | - Autumn Planting
- Spring Planting
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Plants sun exposure | - Full sun Plants
- Part shade Plants
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Watering plants | |
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Hardiness zone | - Hardiness zone 10
- Hardiness zone 11
- Hardiness zone 13
- Hardiness zone 6
- Hardiness zone 7
- Hardiness zone 8
- Hardiness zone 9
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