Dais cotinifolia - Pompon tree / Kannabas (50 Seeds)

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ITEM: Dais cotinifolia

COMMON NAME: Pompon tree / Kannabas

FAMILY:Thymelaeaceae

SIZE: Up to 3-7m

The pompon tree is one of the best known and well-loved indigenous trees, tough enough to be used as a street
tree and small enough to fit into most gardens. When in flower at Christmas it looks like a giant candy floss, as the tree transforms into a
cloud of soft pink balls. Its natural home is the eastern part of South Africa where it grows on the margins of forests, wooded hill slopes and in stony kloofs.
Dais cotinifolia is a small tree growing only to 6 metres, with a lovely rounded, leafy crown. It can be single- or multi-stemmed, with the brown stems
covered in small speckles of whitish cork. The smooth, simple leaves are bright green, sometimes with a slight bluish tinge on the upper side. The veins
of the leaves are a translucent yellow colour, forming very clear patterns as they run through the leaves. The leaves are usually
scattered up the branches or crowded at the ends of the branches. In very cold areas the trees are deciduous, but in warmer
climates like Cape Town they only lose their leaves for a short time at the end of winter.