Necklace Pod
Sophora tomentosa
Necklace pod is a silvery-leaved coastal shrub with long spikes of yellow pea flowers nearly year-round, drawing hummingbirds and bees. Salt- and drought-tolerant; seeds are toxic.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- FL, TX