Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Trees ), 1 by frostweed
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frostweed wrote: ( Naturalized native) Bird of Paradise ( Caesalpinia gilliesii ) This South American tree has long escaped cultivation and become naturalized. The showy yellow flowers have red stamens protruding 3 to 5 inches beyond the petals. It grows up to 10 feet tall and blooms May-September, Central and West Texas and Chihuahuan desert. Close up of flowers. See plant files; http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/2120/index.html This message was edited Jul 22, 2005 5:00 PM |