yellow necklacepod
Sophora tomentosa
USDA zones9 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterNeeds dry soil
Size6 to 10 feet tall8 to 12 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Yellow necklacepod (Sophora tomentosa) is a shrub for low maintenance planting and specimen use. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry, sandy or loamy soil. Spikes of yellow flowers rise over silvery-green foliage and attract bees and butterflies. Seedpods hang on the shrub for a year or more.
Pairs well with Coco plum, Deergrass, and Saw palmetto.
Native range
FL and TX.