Partridge pea is an annual or short lived perennial native to Florida. It reseeds itself easily ensuring that it will come back with pretty yellow blooms every spring. Larval host for cloudless sulfur, gray hairstreak, orange sulfur, sleepy orange, little yellow and ceranus blue butterflies. 
 
Not only is this a great addition to your butterfly garden, but this plant is also a legume and will help ammend soil by adding nitrogen. This makes it a great companion plant for your food forest or foodscape. Some landscapers have used Partridge Pea as border plant along water banks or ditches to help prevent erosion. 
 
It grows to be about 3' tall and 3' wide. It prefers full sun but will tolerate shade. We begin to see this plant emerge from seed around late March in central Florida. It has a natural distrubution across the entire state of Florida and can be grown in zones 8,9, and 10. 
 
While you may be tempted to eat the bean pods of this plant, we suggest you don't. It is documented to be edible in small quantities. But, it can be a GI irritant. Best to avoid and find something else. 
 
Native to central and eastern North America.
Naturally found in FL across the entire state.
Prefers and blooms best in full sun.
Enjoys dry sandy soils. Drought tolerant. 
Grows best in zones 8-10
 
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1 gal comes with soil and pot
 
Shipping materials are recycled. Please feel free to compost our shredded paper we use for cushioning. The package and loose-fill packing may have been reused. Feel free to reuse again, use as mulch, compost, or recycle.
 
Plants are only shipped on Mondays and Tuesdays. This is to avoid plants sitting at a post office or warehouse over a weekend and reducing shipping stress on plants. Plants arrive healthier and quicker when you select faster shipping such as priority shipping. Plants ship from Florida. Keep that in mind when deciding to buy and selecting shipping options.
 
Seed packets ship any day of the week and are commonly shipped in envelopes paid by stamp. There will be no tracking information for seed packets shipped in this way. Customers will be notified when seed packets are sent. 
 
No refunds, exchanges, or returns. By purchasing this plant, you are accepting the risk of having plants mailed to you. We package plants very carefully. We can not be responsible for how the carrier handles them or transient through different tempratures. Our most common carriers are UPS and USPS. Any damaged packages, damaged plants, dead plants or irregular shipping patterns should be claimed through the UPS or USPS insurance claims system. All orders come with a standard insurance of up to $100.00. You will need to provide the following for an insurance claim:
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