5/07/2010

Flowering Trees of Ruskin Part 1


February Trees in bloom
A truly outstanding Yellow Tabeluia


a few miles from Ruskin. An example
of what the smaller trees here will
 look like in a few years.

Below is the Queen of them all a Pink Tabeluia.


I am still looking for the lovely
old tree pictured below with tiny pink flowers


One more beautiful tree covered with pink blossoms.



Beautiful Elderberry snow capped branches galore in April.


Bright gold blooms in Early April.  Which becomes
 a beautiful green shade tree by May.


 Very bright yellow foliage
that didn't last long in April on this small tree.
Yellow Tabebuia

I actually found a Magnolia bloom
low enough for me to snap a picture.  This is a very fragrant tree.

                           

This is the bloom of a smaller variety of Magnolia's.  Very fragrant,
blooming in July.


The King of them all, The Blue Dragon (Palonia Tomentosa)


                             


A 1st of May close-up with the fallen pedals
 forming a blue lake beneath the tree.


The bloom of a Bauhinia Purpura (Orchid) Tree in Mid April.


Beautiful Red Bottlebrush trees
can be seen everywhere in April and May


A Weeping Bottlebrush (below), before it blooms. 
 Then it is covered with red bristles
 on the end of each branch in April.


    Huge old Oak with it's golden tendrils
that start to form in March.


Golden Oaks in April.  We know it
as the yellow "dust" that settles all over everything
when the wind blows.

 One very old  Purple Orchid  tree in Late April.

This Oleander was covered in pink blooms in May.


 This is a mighty big Oleander, and there is a pink one
 on the other side just as big. To the right side
you are looking at the roof.


Fluffy white cotton balls
and dark brown leathery seed pods adorn this
Mimosa Tree in May.


Bright orange-gold spikes all over these Silk Trees, in May,
originally brought in  from Australia.
Grevillea rubusta
 

As you can see, these are very tall trees,
 I  found this one with a low hanging branch.




It is now mid May and this tree still has
 it's bright yellow blooms.   Sestania

Beautiful yellow tendrils grace this old tree
that you see  in the photo above.
Jerusalem Thorn


Neat and trim tree with pretty dark pink blooms.
Sesbania punicea   Red Wisteria

A full view of this Red Wisteria tree.


 This is a Blue Jacaranda Tree.  One of the most beautiful trees in Ruskin.


This is a very unusual tree, very waxy foliage
that just happened to be covered with Love Bugs.


More to come...


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