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Originally Posted by Envo
Anyone care to offer an identification for this specimen, seen in
Switzerland? I have only ever seen 3 others - 1 in Hull (garden), UK,
and 2 on Tyneside (garden and park), UK. When the pods are ripe and
turning from green to translucent brown, they can be squeezed between
2 fingers, when they burst with a quite audible 'pop'.
Thanks
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It's colutea arborescens or Bladder Senna
Easily grown from seed sown in autumn or spring
I have use it in sensory garden to provide that illusive 'sound' element - the pods rattle together in the wind. As you say the pods are also very tempting to pop.