銀合歡
Leucaena leucocephala
植物簡介
Large leguminous thornless shrub or small scrubby tree, forming dense stands with bushy crowns up to 6m height. Relatively short-lived, with lifespan of 20-40 years. Bipinnately-compound leaves with small grey-green leaflets, pungent when crushed. White and filamentous, produced in dense globular heads (1-2 cm across), resembling those of Mimosa. Explosive capsules, flat and thin, up to 20cm long by 2cm wide, ripening from green to brown, each containing 15-25 shiny brown seeds.
生長條件
全日照
壤土、排水良好
濕潤排水良好、排水良好
南部適種
H1a｜熱帶植物
2 公尺 至 6 公尺
冠幅 —
照顧指南
Hardy species with deep root system, drought-tolerant when established. Prefers deep fertile clay soils, but fixes its own nitrogen and tolerant of poor soils with high aluminum and low iron and phosphorus content. Performs poorly in acidic soils, unless supplemented with calcium, sulphur and molybedum minerals. Performs best in pH-neutral to alkaline soils. May need to be pruned regularly to control size and spread. Susceptible to infestation by Heteropsylla cubana psyllids - small aphid-like sucking insect-pests, which tend to create severe outbreaks at beginning and end of rainy seasons. Easily propagated by seeds -- before sowing, scarify hard waxy testa (seed coat) or place seeds in boiling water for 48 hours / until they absortb water; or use cuttings, which root easily.
Pruning group 1 (Light pruning) — 基於植物形態自動推斷，非 RHS 官方分類。 大型喬木，僅需移除枯枝、病枝、交叉枝及方向不當的枝條。 熱帶環境下無明顯休眠期，全年皆可進行修剪。
Seed, Stem Cutting
適合場景
學名異名
- Acacia glauca
- Leucaena latisiliqua
- Mimosa leucocephala
- Leucaena glabrata
- Leucaena glauca
延伸閱讀
葉色的對話：彩葉植物打造四季柔和漸層
很多人誤以為花園的精彩只屬於開花的時刻。我卻認為，那些不張揚的葉片，才是花園真正的靈魂。
觀葉秋海棠：葉色世界的柔軟美學
觀葉秋海棠對光的渴望與戒備並存。它們喜愛明亮的散射光——東向或西向的窗邊最為理想，光線柔和而充足，讓葉色得以完整地展現。若光線過強，尤其是正午的直射陽光，那細膩的葉面會黯淡失色，有時甚至灼傷成褐色的傷痕。相反地，光線不足時，秋海棠雖不會立刻凋零，但葉色會逐漸褪去個性，變得平庸而黯淡，彷彿失去了靈魂的詩篇。
鐵線蕨的精緻世界
各位植物愛好者，當我們提及蕨類植物中最具優雅氣質的代表，鐵線蕨（Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum）無疑是當之無愧的翹楚。這種植物以其細膩的羽毛狀複葉和纖細如絲的黑褐色葉柄聞名於世，彷彿一位舞者在微風中翩翩起舞，展現著大自然最精緻的詩意。