Blooming Trees of Late Spring

There are a few stragglers from the early spring flowering trees. See the previous post on Spring tree blossoms. We now have a new collection of flowering trees that have captured my attention because of their spectacular blooms. These trees are not seen by the seasonally migrating residents nor by the tourists because they have returned home to their residences in the northern States. These are the next group of trees preparing for the new summer season.

I have included five flowering trees present along the streets of the city of Naples. It is difficult to express the overwhelming verdant, colorful canopies stretched over the avenues. A later post will specialize on plumeria varieties.

The cover image is a sample of a Southern Magnolia showing the leaf, bud, blossom and seed pod.

Flamboyant Royal Poinciana Tree (delonix regia). This huge tree is approximately 45 feet in height and width. The leaves are small almost like a locus tree. I found three variant colors of this species; red. orange and yellow.
Flamboyant Royal Poinciana tree blossom detail. This is the most vividly colored tree that I’ve ever seen.
The classic five petal flower of the Poinciana similar to the Bauhania and the Trees of Christmas
Here is a yellow variant of the Poinciana. It is native to Australia and Malaysia. This specimen is about 40 feet tall.
These yellow blossoms are so densely packed it is difficult to isolate only one as an example.
Cassia tree (Senna polyphylla) along the road side as I was bicycling along.
Desert Cassia tree blossoms before the tree leafs develop.
Pink Shower tree (Cassia javanica). This is one of a group of these trees at an entrance to one of the local subdivisions. Really spectacular but still delicate, it is breathtaking. Yes you can side trip on bicycle from the Ark.
Pink Shower blossoms. Pretty in pink with a touch of white and highlights of yellow stamen.
The blossom of the Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
Large blossom and evergreen shiny leaves are distinctive characteristics of this one of five Magnolia varieties.
Magnolia seed pod. It has such strange morephology.
Here is a small version of one of many very large magnolia trees.

There is a constant change in tree blooms throughout the year here in SWFL. The beauty and adventure of discovery adds delight in the journey. This is the third in a continuing series of blooming trees. All of these are located on the Everglades Ark Epicollect5 data base.

Thanks for your interest. I hope that you enjoy the trip through my eyes. Look for the Plumeria show in a post that is still to come. “Like” if you like it. Comment as you wish.

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