This small shrub has a slender erect trunk with spreading branches forming a vase habit. The silver-grey leaflets are narrow linear and has fragrant yellow buttercup-like flowers appear during spring.  

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Senna artemsioides is naturally found in Australia on the drier western slopes of New South Wales extending to the northern tablelands of Queensland and appearing in woodlands. 

It grows in poor sandy to stony soils in an open sunny position and is drought and frost resistant.

The Silver Cassia is a bright hardy shrub that is grown for its flowers and bushy habit. It is planted in parks, small or native gardens as a specimen. It is also trimmed to form a hedge or planted in a mixed shrub borders for screening and attracting birds. It is suitable for inland or coastal regions and is fast growing establishing in 2 to 3 years tolerating dry conditions. ID 1058

Senna (sen-ă) artemsioides (ar-tem-see-OY-dee-s) 

Old Name, ‘Cassia’: Latinate form of ancient Greek kasian; ‘artemisioides’: after the ancient Greek divinity, Artemis.

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)