Searsia Pendulina "White Karee" 100Liter

Botanical Name: Searsia pendulina
Common Names: White Karee, White Karee Tree

📌 Product Description

Searsia pendulina, commonly known as White Karee, is a graceful indigenous tree admired for its fine, drooping foliage and elegant, weeping growth habit. Its slender, bluish-green leaves and soft branching structure create a light, airy appearance, making it highly attractive in landscaped gardens.

This hardy species produces small berries that attract birds and wildlife, adding ecological value to the garden. It is well suited to both formal and natural landscapes and is commonly used as a shade or screening tree.

White Karee is an excellent low-maintenance choice for creating a calm, water-wise garden environment.

📏 Size When Fully Grown

Height: 6 – 10 m
Spread: 5 – 8 m
Growth Habit: Medium-sized evergreen tree with a weeping form
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast

🌱 Best Growing Conditions

Light: Full sun
Soil: Adaptable to a wide range of soils, including sandy and poor soils

Water:

• Water regularly during establishment
• Drought tolerant once established
• Avoid prolonged waterlogging

Feeding: Not required; benefits from occasional compost

Maintenance:

• Minimal pruning required
• Can be shaped for screening or form
• Very low maintenance

🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

Best Planting Time: Spring to summer
Active Growth: Spring to summer
Flowering Season: Spring (inconspicuous)
Fruiting Season: Summer to autumn
Climate Suitability: Extremely adaptable across most regions of South Africa
Chill Requirement: Low

🌼 Additional Benefits

• Indigenous and water-wise
• Elegant weeping form
• Attracts birds and wildlife
• Hardy and adaptable
• Suitable for screening

🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Shade tree
✔ Screening and hedging
✔ Indigenous gardens
✔ Wildlife-friendly planting
✔ Windbreaks