Sabal minor Welfare Caesalpinia an easy-to-grow first cousin to

an easy-to-grow first cousin to the famed aroid Dracunculus vulgaris

In good soil and average to damp moisture conditions

and Sea of Japan side of Honshu

where it makes a dazzling mat of bright green foliage to 2' wide

Shuichi Hirao first sent Lycoris 'Blue Pearl' to the late US lycoris breeder Sam Caldwell under the code #251

Sabal minor Welfare Caesalpinia an easy-to-grow first cousin toSabal minor 'Welfare' is from a very interesting population of sabals growing in the Kendall County, Texas ghost town of Welfare. These poor scrub palms are growing in mostly open grassland, with many trunked specimens reaching 8' in height. It's possible these are another remnant population of hybrids between Sabal minor and Sabal mexicana, but who knows. Thanks to Texas plantsman Steve Lowe for sharing seed so we could make these oddities available.