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I can't find anything out about them - must get myself a new book about tropical trees and shrubs. I only know the local name for this huge widespreading tree and google gives me nothing. I doubt if it is at all hardy though. Nice that they lose their large leaves before they flower, so that the blooms show so well.

Cassie

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That tree is a species of Calliandra, often called Pink Powderpuff. The species sold in San Diego nurseries is hardy in USDA zone 9.

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Thanks Richard!!!

Cassie

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Richard - I have been looking up calliandra - and as far as I can see, they are bi-pinnate and shrubby small trees flowering throughout the year. Saw a lot of similar powderpuff acacia types in Africa.

Well the ones we have here have large heart-shaped leaves, flower once in the spring on bare wood, and form huge widespreading trees with massive branches. Say 40ft high and a spread of 60ft with thick low branches - a treeclimbing childs dream. Don't sound quite the same - but if you can pin down what they are - I am really interested!

Cassie

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Oh-oh! That's not my father's Calliandra! Such a massive tree ... hmm ...

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In the background you can see one of the branches (with carved grafitti)

Cassie

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OK - ladies and germs! This beauty is called bombax elliptica!

Cassie

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Wonder if its related to the bottle brush tree? nice flower their Cassie.

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Don't know Ron - but I wouldn't have thought so somehow.

Cassie

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Wow all of your bloomers...yards are lovely... I am envious... The trees are just now beginning to bloom here in Western KY... Thanks for sharing all your beautiful colors and different things in bloom...Peggy:hiiiiyanana:

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And the winner is ... Watsonia! Towering 5.5 feet high, just a foot short of the young White Sapote tree in the center of the planter. The sea of red flowers in the center are Scarlet Flax (Linum rubrum) with a few purple Ixia here and there. The other bulbs in this bed are about done blooming for the year.

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richard that is loverly. all i have blooming now is my iris's. they are 3 tone.my daffies are just about done for the season. i was suprised, the daffies i just planted in nov. ill try to post pics in the morning.

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I planted these bulbs a year ago november and had a few blooms the following spring, but then this year the daffodils and everybody else joyfully exploded with blossoms. I think next year I will be in the business of dividing bulbs.

Mskitty, you said "loverly" ... a word that always reminds me of the song from My Fair Lady. :2753:

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thats how my dad says lovely. he says it like this...love..r..ly. when he really likes something. i divived iris back in november. boy that was fun. lol. its funny to hear with a southern accent.

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The Aeoniums are blooming! The Aeoniums are blooming!

So are my Irises, Tree Aloes, Red-Hot-Pokers, Periwinkles, Lantanas, and my lawnful of invading St. John's Wort and Andean Blue Clover. (Time to borrow a goat again.) And my fig tree - yay! My Cannas seem to never stop blooming (red ones), and the same for my Callas (white ones) I've also got African Daisies going gangbusters. Too bad the season has ended for my Epidendrums.

My palm's not blooming yet, but in the next couple of weeks it should.

can i get a :woohoonaner: ?
:2753::bananarow::bananarow::2753:

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Richard - those Watsonias are just gorgeous, especially with the flax.

I don't have so much in flower at present - heliconias, a load of torch ginger, red ginger, phalanopsis, dendrobiums and the local wild orchids are coming into flower, and of course russelia equisetiformis which never stops. I also have a gorgeous purple-leaved begonia with scented pink flowers - similar size to a rex but without variegation.

No pictures I'm afraid as Mr Cassie has taken the camera with him to Antigua for Antigua Sailing Week.

Lorax - I had to google aeoniums but now I know what they are - I love them - we had some gorgeous dark purple/red ones in Spain years ago.

Cassie

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Oh - and a small palm that I am trying to identify - could be phoenix roebelenii - small palm 5ft, soft fronds, wicked spines.

Cassie

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This is one of my Aeoniums!

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this is whats blooming in my yard...this week.

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Lovely bearded iris mskitty

Gorgeous aeoniums lorax - must be the only plant with such a short name to contain every vowel!

cassie

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Japanese Honeysuckle...;)

Dean

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thats beautiful.:nanawhopp:

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Thanks, the picture is a little blurry.

Dean

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Here's a picture of my flowering Kumquat...

Dean

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pretty flower! i bet it smells wonderful.

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Yes, they smell great!

Dean

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this is whats blooming this week.

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nice!:2742:

Dean

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Cannas


Dean

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this is whats blooming in my yard....

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mskitty,

What kind of Iris are those and also the rose. :o

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i couldnt tell you about the iris but the rose is an old fashioned cabbage rose.i have 2 bushes of the cabbage roses. one came with the house and one i recieved as a trade. its funny how both bushes are the same color. the iris' are some that i steefed...i mean got out of my moms yard. and some i bought at walley world eons ago. the light lavander i got at walleyworld, the maroon and light mauve ones i got at my moms, i dont remember where i got the maroon and coffee colored ones at. if i see some in someones yard...i dig up a bunch of mine and i go for a visit.

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I dug some out of my grandmothers yard once and there doing very well. :o You have beautiful flowers there. Where do you find room for your bananas? Lol!!!:o

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where did i find room? simple. i dug up iris', daffies,roses and some other stuff and gave them to my best freind. i have one musa lateria(bronze ornate), one ornate lavander,ornate green, 2 basjoos and 3 d.oronicos planted in the front yard. on the side top yard i have 2 basjoos,2 dc,1 musella lasiocarpa planted, and then about 3 ft. from my fence row i have 1 musa lateria(bronze) and 2 lavander planted. i have holes dug out for my oronico and my saba and they are going on my fence row. and i still have nanas that will stay in pots. they will overwinter in the house, just in case. i live on a corner lot and i have a lot of room in the front yard and on both sides of the house. thankyou for the compliment. when i moved into this house the only thing growing was tomatoe plants in a burnt out tree. now i have peony,glads,purple cone flower and bee balm growing in the burnt out tree.

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mskitty,

Do post some pictures of your bananas when you get a chance.:twonanners:

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Dean, that's a beautiful photo.

:woohoonaner:

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Thanks

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Cilantro/Corriander:jalapenonaner:

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wow Dean nice cannas my cannas are just babys yet how did u get them to blom so early in the seson:goteam:

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in certian parts of texas things come out of dormancy pretty early,plants, trees,spiders,snakes,ants...that sort of thing. i learned that when i lived there. the pics are just lovely! i havent gotten my kitchen herbs yet, i wanted to do that this year but im so busy with nanas. they will have to wait till next spring. lol:o.

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Butifull irs Kitty and well that rose is spectaculer
its nice to see older veriates growing thers been a big reasergins in intrest of old roses you know there are pepol that would pay u big bucks to harvis some clipings if its a rare one im looking for one called Paul scarlet deap rad veary unusoal for a rose from the early 20 ce. only blumes ones a year but when it dos look out and the perfewm fills the naberhood we had them when i was growing up

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damaclese,

I put some compost on them earlier this year and as ms.kitty, said, spring comes early.:0519:

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my maroon roses, fairy roses, peonies( my white ones have opened, but my pink, and pink and orange are still closed), red hot pokers, and my yellow bearded iris"( i forgot i had yellow) lol! and new leaves on my nanas. can it get any better then this??? well if i had fruit on my nanas i guess.but im happy to see new leaves on them. will post pics later. wahoo!!!!!:416::nanarobot::2758::2182::blueskirtnaner::goteam::w oohoonaner::birthdaynana:. banana happy dance!

i find that the older roses ( not hybrids) are less attractive to most bad bugs. i would rather have old fashioned flowers and roses just for that reason. they also look more elegant(jmo). i love hybrid teas but they are a lot of trouble and i have had lots of problems with them here in tn. i dont like chemical warfare in my yard so i try to let the benificials do my work for me. lol. it makes my gardening life a little easier.

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:woohoonaner:

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Beatiful!

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'Well - these are not strictley in my garden but are everywhere and just gorgeous - the local name is Carolina, and they have realy girly flowers.
Cassie'
Your tree is called a Shaving Brush Tree in Florida. The fancy name that the whole world uses is Bombax ellipticum. We have some that are pure white in our area, I looked at some of the replies and they all seemed to be wrong. Hope I didn't step on any ones toes. It's a tropical tree that grows too big for most back yards.
e

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thank you dean.:choochoo:

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Nice!:bananadog: