What plant is Caragana? Let us introduce you to this woody plant

Other names for Caragana

Caragana is also called yellow sparrow flower, earth soybean, sticky sock, sauce petal, sun sparrow flower, and yellow thorn.

Growth habits of Caragana

Caragana likes light and tolerates cold, has strong adaptability, tolerates drought, tolerates poor soil, and likes warm, moist, well-drained sandy loam; it dislikes waterlogging. It often grows on sunny hillsides.

Caragana has a well-developed root system and root nodules, is drought-resistant and tolerant of poor soil, and can grow in cracks between rocks. It dislikes waterlogging. Its sprouting ability and suckering ability are both strong, and it can reproduce naturally by seed. Caragana grows even better in deep, fertile, moist sandy loam.

Distribution areas of Caragana

Caragana is mainly produced in northern and central China, and is also distributed in the southwest. It is cultivated in Japanese gardens.

In China, Caragana is most commonly seen on sunny slopes in hilly and mountainous areas of the Yangtze River basin and North China, and has now been widely cultivated as a garden flower.

Wild mountain Caragana is distributed in Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.