Privet CASSIA

Senna ligustrina

3 to 6 feet tall

Fast rate of growth

Full sun to partial shade

Good drought tolerance; also tolerates moist soil

Zones 8B to 11

Small, usually erect shrub with narrow, evergreen, compound leaves.

Clusters of showy, bright yellow flowers, mostly in winter,

but intermittently year-round are followed by flat brown seed pods.

Excellent nectar plant and larval host plant for the Cloudless Sulphur