Tuesday Trees

Jacaranda trees are popping into bloom all over town. The weather has been perfect the last few days, and combined with this vision of purple blooms, I feel like summer is right around the corner.

Jacaranda

Is there anything more mesmerizing than a carpet of jacaranda blooms?!

This is lovely….

Jacaranda tree

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Tuesday Trees

March 27, 2012

Did you see this article in the UT last week? Robin Rivet, a fellow Master Gardener, is also an urban forester-arborist at the Center for Sustainable Energy California. She was highlighted in the article about the mapping of San Diego County trees.

The project wants to map every urban tree in San Diego County to quantify the value of our trees, both monetarily and as a resource for our environment. You can be a part of this project, too! Go to SanDiegoTreeMap.org to check out the website.

Very cool!

Cooper's Hawk in a Magnolia tree

Cooper's Hawk in a Magnolia tree

 

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Bismarck Palm

March 13, 2012

To the best of my knowledge, this palm is a Bismarck Palm (Bismarckia nobilis).   Stunning, isn’t it?

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Sweet Little Jewels

January 10, 2012

My crop is small, but what a beautiful thing to pick a sweet tangerine from my little tree!

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Tuesday’s Tree – Buddha’s Hand Citron

November 29, 2011

Look at this cool fruit I just harvested from my garden. It’s a citron variety called Buddha’s Hand.  I bought one of these fruit from the Farmer’s Market at least five years ago and I got hooked and just had to get a tree.  Finally, Walter Andersen Nursery came through for me last year and [...]

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Tuesday Tree – Chinese Flame Tree (Koelreuteria bipinnata)

October 25, 2011

Of all the search words people use to find my blog, the Chinese Flame Tree is the top search string, by a landslide.  Why?  I have no idea.  I mean, it’s a pretty tree, but what is it about this tree that makes it such a hot ticket? The Chinese Flame Tree is native to [...]

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Tuesday Trees – African Tulip Tree

August 23, 2011

I’ve been curious about this tree every time I come off the bridge and drive past it. It’s an African Tulip Tree – Spathodea campanulata. I finally had to stop the car so I could look at the flowers up close. Incredible! Normally you see these trees with orange petals, but this small tree is [...]

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