Thai Botanic · Project plant supply
Cordia sebestena
Cordia sebestena supplied from Thailand for landscape projects. Orange flowers through much of the year and good salt tolerance, for coastal and Gulf planting.
Geiger tree, scarlet cordia · Boraginaceae · Evergreen small tree
Clusters of bright orange-scarlet flowers held almost continuously against dark, rough-textured evergreen foliage. Small, salt-hardy and reliable in coastal heat — one of the most useful flowering trees for seafront schemes.
Specification
| Mature height | 5–10 m |
|---|---|
| Crown spread | 4–7 m (indicative) |
| Caliper range supplied | 5–22 cm standard, measured 1 m above soil level. Larger by arrangement. |
| Root-ball diameter | 50–100 cm (indicative) |
| Growth rate | Slow to moderate |
| Habit | Evergreen |
| Flowering | Orange-scarlet clusters, near year-round |
Landscape use
Coastal resorts, promenades, courtyards, car park islands and street planting where space is limited. Its compact scale and continuous flowering make it dependable close to buildings and hard landscape.
Because it flowers almost year-round rather than in one burst, it holds colour in a scheme through seasons when the larger flowering trees are bare.
Site tolerance
| Drought | High once established |
|---|---|
| Salinity | Very high — salt spray and saline soil |
| Wind | High |
| Soil | Sandy, limestone and coastal soils. Needs sharp drainage. |
| Heat | Very high |
| USDA zone | 10–12 |
Export notes
Supplied root-balled and wrapped. Evergreen, so normally crown-reduced before loading. Phytosanitary certification accompanies every shipment. See export and compliance, and how the root ball is built, wrapped and loaded for the container on our nursery site.
For available sizes and current stock in this species, message us on WhatsApp at +66 93 425 9892 or email contact@thaibotanic.com — or browse the species catalogue. This is one of the species we grow and supply regularly. If you are working to a programme, send the planting schedule and we will plan lifting and shipping around it. Where a design calls for something outside our usual range, we source it through the nursery network we have worked with for years, given reasonable notice.