Burkea africana
Burkea africana
This attractive tree does well in a sandy soil and can tolerate some frost.
Burkea africana is an attractive tree that does well in a sandy soil and can tolerate some frost. The compound leaves are silvery and quite often hairy. Flowers are creamy white, fragrant and in pendulous racemes of up to 300 mm in length. It is very slow-growing.
It is a very difficult tree to propagate, but not impossible. Once planted, do not disturb.