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Ceratonia siliqua
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Ceratonia siliqua

Store / Mediterranean
SKU 1128
€6,79
Price incl. 6% IVA (6%) €0,38
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Ceratonia siliqua
Store / Mediterranean
Plant Details
Plant Type: Large tree or bush
Aspect: Full sun, hillsides, exposed sites
Flowering period: Summer
Size - height & spread : Up 12 X 14 M but normally half of this
Soil type/requirements: Not fussy and will tolerate most
Water requirements (established plants): Seasonal rainfall. Drought tolerant
Native Distribution: Mediterranean Basin. Portugal

Carob is an evergreen, nitrogen fixing tree growing to 12 metres. It can tolerate nutritionally poor soils and is a good shade tree. It also has the characteristic of maintaining its lower branches, making it a useful addition to hedges and screens. Extremely drought tolerant once established, it is grown throughout the Algarve as a seasonal cash crop. Native to the Mediterranean region, the seed pods are harvested in late summer and have traditional culinary and medicinal uses.

Although revered by many for its seasonal crop, it is nevertheless a high maintenance tree, particularly where pavements and under-planting are concerned. The foliage, small branchlets, flowers and fruit can be very messy unless they are cleared regularly, so best planted in open ground. When in flower, it is very important for insects and pollinators. Unmanaged trees are a great source of food and habitat for rats, so any ideas about leaving them to their own devices (au naturale) will probably only encourage a large rat population on your land.

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