Friday, July 19, 2024

Dwarf Poinciana, Before Drought

 


Photos from our back yard Dwarf Poinciana in 2015. We had 2 really big bushes and several growing in buckets.


They bloom year-round here and even the foliage was beautiful


Bob planted seeds from these pods and each time it made these beautiful flowers.




We had hundreds of butterflies and many different kinds because each came to a different flower


Joining Rosy  and Sunny at The LLB BB LIFE on Nature Friday



21 comments:

Ginny Hartzler said...

Wow, the first photo is unbelievable!! Totally stunning!!! And the foliage is gorgeous as well.

CheerfulMonk said...

They're gorgeous!! I love the color.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari Om
One of my fave tropical flower trees... I am guessing that since the drought, these are not flourishing? YAM xx

Ann said...

These are absolutely stunning. I'm totally fascinated by that first picture. How wonderful to have these growing right in your own yard.

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
The flowers are beautiful, very exotic!
I would love to be able to grow these in my yard.
The drought is terrible.
Take care, enjoy your day and happy weekend!

Rose said...

I would have loved to see both it and all the butterflies!

David M. Gascoigne, said...

I hope that you get some rain and the butterflies return. After all, what’s a beautiful bloom without a butterfly?

Sparky said...

What a beautiful flower! It reminds me a great deal of the Gloriosa rothschildiana (Gloriosa Lily) I had planted down by the dirt road a few years ago. Every year it would suddenly pop up and be stunningly gorgeous. Now it's disappeared. I guess the drought got to it because it's a bulb. I so want to plant another one.
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/gloriosa-rothschildiana (for the photo)
I pray y'all have a wonderful day. 💙

Donna said...

What a gorgeous tree?!!
Happy weekend!
hugs
Donna

DeniseinVA said...

Absolutely gorgeous!

The Adventures of the LLB Gang said...

Such vibrant colors!!

Chatty Crone said...

What a difference water makes. We need rain badly.

Your flowers were stunning!!!!!!!!!

My Mind's Eye said...

Sandra
the Dwarf Poinciana is lovely x 87 especially since it is RED...and resiliant too
Hugs Cecilia

Tigger's Mum said...

Those are indeed wow! You might be plagued by droughts and floods and storms and .... all that but there are definitely beautiful advantages to be enjoyed in the plant world that suits your climate.

Debby@Just Breathe said...

They are so beautiful. Do have any now?

photowannabe said...

Tropical climates sure make for gorgeous flowers.
I love the color of these too.
On my way to Lynne's temps to be 106 by the time I come home. Hopefully we will get out earlier so we don't cook.
Sue

Ida said...

That is such a pretty flower. You are lucky to have such unique plants like that. Probably wouldn't survive our winters.

Pamela M. Steiner said...

That is a beautiful plant! Are you saying that the drought has killed it, or will it come back with some good steady rains? I hope the latter...it looks like it was really lovely. We don't have those here in our neck of the woods. I hope it will come back!

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

Wow, those are just so pretty. We had not seen dwarf poinciana before. The colors are amazing

Woos - Misty and Timber

Mevely317 said...

I never heard of this, but the first image looks like something I'd see in National Geographic. Beautiful!

PS - More later, I've been up since 4:30 and our company just left. Exhausted!

Brian's Home Blog said...

WOW, those sure are pretty, pretty, pretty!