Castor bean - it is a perennial plant, but more often it is planted as an ornamental and annual plant. The shrubs are wide and spreading, and the castor itself reaches two meters in height. Flowers plants inconspicuous and decorative values do not have.
The fruit plant gives in the oval-spherical box, which is covered with spikes. In one such box, which reaches up to 3 cm in diameter, contains from 8 to 25 seeds.
In this collection, we will show you the different castor bean varieties.
- Castor bean varieties, difficulty classifying a plant
- Common undersized varieties for your garden
- New Zealand Purple
- Carmensita
- Cambodian Castor Oil
- Cossack
- Gibson Castor
- Popular varieties of high castor oil
- Borbonskaya
- North Palma
- Zanzibar Green
Castor bean varieties, difficulty classifying a plant
The plant has grown and crossed for a long time in different weather conditions, and many varieties and species have appeared. Mostly in the market of gardeners you can find different species, but, according to botanists, a plantwhich is grown up in the present time, can be safely called the castorplant, even though it has different colors and shapes.
The most common and similar to castor bean varieties are Borbone and Indian castor. These plants are not only the form similar to the ordinary castor, but also in color.
Common undersized varieties for your garden
This bright and ornamental plant was seen in the XIX century. Most often in landscape design use stunted varieties, as tall plants can spoil the decorativeness of your garden.
This will be discussed in the following sections.
New Zealand Purple
This type of castor oil has dark purple leaves and a burgundy stem. The plant looks beautiful and decorative. No doubt it will add elegance to your garden. Since the plant grows not too high (up to two meters in length), most often it is grown next to gazebos or fountains.
Carmensita
This castor is the most popular and successful grade.
Conquered Carmensita florists with its red-burgundy foliage color and height - 1.5 meters in height. The inflorescence of the plant is pink-green.
Cambodian Castor Oil
This variety castor grows up to 1.2 meters. As mentioned earlier, the plant is very similar to castor bean. The similarity is manifested in the color of the leaves - dark green. The trunk of the plant is black. If you decide to decorate your garden with castor oil, then this variety will create a harmonious contrast among other low-growing types of castors.
Cossack
This variety is domestic, grows up to two meters in height. The plant stems are brown-red, and the leaves are dark green with red veins. Small flowers of bright red color. If the castor bean of this variety is "female", then the plant will have small bright red boxes. They are preserved until the seeds are fully ripe, which can then be used in the propagation of this variety.
Gibson Castor
This plant variety grows up to 1.5 meters in height.
Differs in that leaves and stalks castor bean dark red.
Metallic glitter and large leaves that resemble the stars conquer the hearts of florists.
The plant can be planted near the gate at the site or near the fence.
Popular varieties of high castor oil
Now that we have seen the castor bean homeland and the varieties of this plant, let's move on to the more popular high varieties. This selection includes the following species: Borbonskaya, North Palma and Zanzibar Green.
Borbonskaya
Borbon's castor oil is a type of garden palm tree. It belongs to this variety due to its height - 3 meters. In appearance, the plant resembles a tree, as it has a powerful dense trunk of red color, which reaches up to 15 cm in diameter. The leaves are large, shiny, bright green.
In landscape design, Borbon castor oil plant is planted near houses and fences.
North Palma
This type of wood castor grows up to two meters. Florists appreciate the plant for its leaves, which reach up to 30 cm in diameter. The flowers of the plant are small and inconspicuous, collected in racemes, which reach up to 30 cm in length. The plant is grown as an annual.
Zanzibar Green
This is an ornamental plant, which belongs to the Malvaceae family.
Reaches up to 2.5 meters in height. It grows very quickly.
The leaves are large and bright green.The flowers are gathered in dense racemes of red.
Castor bean is an incredible plant that has a variety of varieties and species. After this selection, you can choose a variety and plant it in your garden.
