We have grown our plants in full to part sun and irrigate regularly only because they are in containers but since this plant hails from an extremely dry climate, we suspect that it can be grown without much irrigation. There is a planting in the ground at the Fullerton Arboretum growing well in part day sun with only occasional irrigation. Hardy to at least 28F. A very showy and unusual plant in bloom but with little cultural information available.

Trichodesma has about 45 species native to tropical and subtropical regions from Africa to Asia and Australia. Trichodesma scottii is a little-known species that from the island of Socotra (Yemen) where it grows in mountain thickets. Our plants were grown cutting grown from seedling plants from seed collected off plants grown in cultivation in the United States that were originally from seed collected in 1999 at Jebel Haghir, Soqotra (Socotra) Yemen. We grew and sold this unusual plant from 2007 until 2015. 

The information displayed on this page about Trichodesma scottii is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.