7/6/08

Common S. Florida Flowering trees

It's so easy to get those flowering trees mixed up. Same with all those yellow ones. Here's my attempt to document a few of the commonly confused flowering trees that are popular in my town in South Florida.

Delonix regia (courtesy Danielle)
Aka: Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree
Native: Madagascar
Foliage: compound leaves

Spathodea campanulata (courtesy wikimedia)
Aka: African Tulip
Native: Kenya
Foliage: odd pinnately compound

Cassia fistula (courtesy Lan Nghiem-Phu)
Aka: Golden Shower Tree, Canafistula, Aragvadha, Golden Shower Cassia
Native: Asia
Foliage: pinnate leaflets

Jacaranda mimosifolia (courtesy Stanford.edu)
Aka: Blue Jacaranda, Black Poui, Fern Tree, Jacaranda acutifolia
Native: South America
Foliage: Compound leaf
Tabebuia caraiba (courtesy DragonFly Garden.com)
Aka: Yellow Tab, Yellow Trumpet
Native: South America
Foliage: palmately compound

Tabebuia chrysotricha (courtesy DavesGarden.com)
Aka: Golden Trumpet Tree
Native: South America
Foliage: palmately compound
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11 comments:

  1. Thank you Dannielle,

    I always wanted to know the name of the Jacaranda tree, and I learned it thats to your blog.

    Happy trails
    Ed

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  2. I too have been trying to find out the name...... Jacaranda Mimosaflora of that beautiful purple flowered tree in Naples. Thank you,

    :-))

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  3. Go Gators!

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  4. Royal Poinciana saw these on a recent Miami trip could not recall their name.
    thank you

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  5. Danielle:

    Thank you for posting the "definitive" picture of the beautiful Golden Shower Cassia. By the way, that tree attracts a lot of butterflies. Thanks again,

    Ernie

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  6. Thanks, I was looking for the names of our South Florida trees and this really helped me.....Nice blog, I will follow.

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  7. Just a quick note: the picture shown as Tabebuia chrysotricha is actually Handroanthus umbellatus (formerly Tabebuia umbellata). It has lighter yellow flowers and grows larger, more flattened than T. chrysotricha. It is occasionally seen in older Orlando neighborhoods.

    Ken Greby.
    ArborPro, Inc.

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  8. I have a Royal Poinciana but my flowers are YELLOW!! Looks exactly like the ones with the red-orange flowers but can it be something else? I'm in South Florida. Thanks.

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    1. You have the Yellow Poinciana (also Delonix regia) Plant a Royal Poincy to intertwine branches for a stunning effect!

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  9. Glad to have found this--I was looking for the name of the early-blooming yellow-flowered tree (Tabebuia caraiba) and just lucked out when I found your blog.

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  10. Is the Tabebuia caraiba also known as yellow poui?

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