General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Other
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 13 feet
Plant Spread: 13 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Edible Parts: Fruit
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Blue Bean Tree
  • Blue Sausage Fruit
  • Dead Man's Fingers
  • Blue Cucumber Shrub
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Decaisnea insignis
  • Synonym: Decaisnea fargesii

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Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-05-21
Location: Levens Hall, Cumbria, UK
Date: 2014-09-22
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-03-14
Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2008-05-24
Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2007-10-04
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-11-15
Decaisnea fargesii

Date: c. 1855
illustration by W. H. Fitch from Hooker's 'Illustrations of Himal

Photo courtesy of: Clivid
Location: Levens Hall, Cumbria UK
Date: 2014-09-22

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