Do Gumbo Limbo Trees Flower?

The gumbo limbo's flowers grow abundantly along panicles, but are small, greenish and inconspicuous. Flowers may appear all year, and though not necessarily attractive to us, bees rely on them as an important food source. ... Gumbo limbo is also a larval host plant for dingy purplewing (Eunica monima) butterflies.

Do gumbo-limbo trees lose their leaves?

Gumbo Limbos go by many names the West Indian Birch, the Turpentine Tree, the Living Fence Post, and the Tourist Tree because the bark turns red and peels in direct sunlight. In cold weather the Gumbo Limbo will lose its leaves but they do grow back in the spring usually accompanied by its berry like seeds.

How do gumbo-limbo trees reproduce?

Propagation is by seed which germinates readily if fresh but, most often, gumbo-limbo is propagated by cuttings of any size twig or branch. Huge truncheons (up to 12 inches in diameter) are planted in the ground where they sprout and grow into a tree.