Expoplant - Acquista online: Tamarix gallica -

Original plant of central and southern Europe, in particular of the coastal and Mediterranean areas.
The bearing is arboreal, or more frequently bushy shrubby, with foliage of various forms, always expanded, wide and irregular. It reaches height of 2 - 5 m.
Sinuous and twisted stem plant, generally ramified from the base, with the terminal part of the branches tending to widen and slightly curved downwards (the sapling specimens have a typical sloping umbrella crown). The rind is reddish brown with grayish hues in the older trees.
Semipresistant leaf plant, simple type with squamiform lamina, very reduced (1 - 2 mm), with acute apex and alternately arranged on slender green twigs. The color of the leaves is light green or greyish green.
Tree with very small hermaphroditic flowers, gathered in compact raceme inflorescences of pink or reddish color, with whitish hues and arranged numerous around the young ramules (the full bloom is of considerable decorative effect). The flowers open from May to July depending on the environments and the varieties. The fruits are represented by small pyramidal capsules.
It is a rustic plant, quite indifferent to the substratum, adapting both to sandy and stony soils and to clayey and peaty soils, as long as they are deep and draining. It does not tolerate the active limestone too much. It is a plant suitable for coastal marine coasts, as it tolerates very well salinity and salty winds, as well as prolonged drought and sandy and poor soils of the same areas. It therefore represents the typical example of a colonizing or pioneering plant of marine environments; it is a heliophilous plant and demands sunny positions. It is used both to form hedges or barriers, and as an ornamental plant (also used in continental environments due to the decorative effect of large bushes during flowering).