Bloom of the Day for May 12th, 2020:
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![Picture of Photo courtesy of Peter Nydegger. Copyright of Peter Nydegger of Perth, Western Australia.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2017/10/16/Kell/7ce212.jpg)
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![Picture of Jörg Hempel, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2017/11/01/DaylilySLP/d22872.jpg)
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![Picture of Photo courtesy of Hans Huizing. Copyright of Hans Huizing of Meppel, Netherlands](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2017/12/21/Kell/7bd26e.jpg)
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![Picture of With visitor](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/04/07/sunnyg/ad780b.jpg)
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![Picture of Blooming in partial shade, March 26, 2011, mid Spring. Phoenix, AZ, zone 9b.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/03/27/Xenomorf/07985e.jpg)
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![Picture of Closeup of blossoms of Bombax Red Silk Cotton Tree. The tree is at least 30 feet tall, covered with blossoms!](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/03/02/metermaid/cc0c17.jpg)
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![Picture of Crown of Thorns](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2010/01/16/WQP/9c772c.jpg)
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![Picture of Western Australia. Photo courtesy of and copyright of Terry Dunham from Kukerin, Western Australia.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2019/02/01/Kell/acd309.jpg)
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![Picture of Photo courtesy of and copyright of Brian Freeman, from Victor Harbor, South Australia.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2019/01/07/Kell/add86e.jpg)
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![Picture of Betw Swan View-Bullsbrook, Western Australia. Copyright of Fred and Jean Hort of Perth, Western Australia.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2018/11/03/Kell/037a4d.jpg)
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![Picture of Thanks and credit goes to Florida Colors for the use of their photo.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2005/05/04/Clare_CA/32f957.jpg)
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![Picture of Photographed at the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2005/07/30/EricInSF/79525d.jpg)
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![Picture of Photographed at the 2006 San Francisco Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2006/07/02/EricInSF/8e42de.jpg)
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![Picture of Photo courtesy and copyright of Cok Grootscholten of Succulent Nursery, Holland, a nursery and formidable private succulent collection. http://public.fotki.com/Grootscholten/plant-collections/](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2018/09/10/Kell/ffdf3c.jpg)
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![Picture of One of my favorite of all Gesneriads flowers, I find it extremely easy to grow and bloom.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2012/07/26/atisch/f1f0c8.jpg)
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![Picture of June 2012...Rosa Tausendschön is flowering in the gardens of Chateau de Hex (Belgium)..](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2012/06/09/saya/2cf1f2.jpg)
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![Picture of Totally tropical feeling!](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2012/05/27/Opoetree/925cbf.jpg)
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![Picture of UC Santa Cruz Arboretum.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/10/23/Kell/8bcc20.jpg)
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![Picture of The flowers turning their own version of pink/red as they mature](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2013/10/16/RosinaBloom/1823d1.jpg)
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![Picture of Top of the Toon](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2013/10/20/RosinaBloom/38c30f.jpg)
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![Picture of Nieuwoudtville, South Africa, 2013. Copyright of Hendrik van Zijl. Courtesy of Hendrik van Zijl of Van Zijl, guesthouses on Nieuwoudtville Cape an ideal stopover on your way to and from the Kgalagadi.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2014/04/05/Kell/945a35.jpg)
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![Picture of Algodones Dunes. Copyright of the Anza-Borrego Wildflowers Guide, https://borregowildflowers.org/](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2020/05/14/Kell/8a0176.jpg)
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![Picture of Richtersveld region. In habitat. Copyright Judd Kirkel Welwitch of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2020/05/13/Kell/62e1fc.jpg)
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![Picture of South Africa. In habitat. Copyright Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University/Hortus botanicus Leiden.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2020/05/12/Kell/ff6f7e.jpg)
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![Picture of Erythronium revolutum](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2005/01/17/Galanthophile/de7276.jpg)
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![Picture of Near Cape Campbell, Marlborough, New Zealand.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2010/10/30/bootandall/5bfe85.jpg)
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![Picture of Close-up of flower](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2007/01/05/Dinu/5a2464.jpg)
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![Picture of Hawaiian flower](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2007/03/18/palmbob/4dd0ad.jpg)
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![Picture of At Longwood Gardens, Kennett Sq. PA, April 7, 2005](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2005/04/09/van_in_nyc/5e811c.jpg)
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![Picture of Blooming mid-May, zone 5a, UW-Madison Arboretum](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2008/05/15/rebecca101/5a3234.jpg)
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![Picture of Mojave National Preserve. In situ. Copyright Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Proprietor at Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, from San Diego, California.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2019/06/01/Kell/7176de.jpg)
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![Picture of Taken at Regan](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2008/06/26/Calif_Sue/26f16c.jpg)
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![Picture of South Africa. Copyright Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University/Hortus botanicus Leiden.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2020/05/12/Kell/c222ed.jpg)
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![Picture of Blooming April 30th, late Spring, zone 9b. Photo originally added to the PlantFiles on May 24, 2007](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2010/05/24/Xenomorf/6a77dc.jpg)
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![Picture of Cyrtanthus falcatus in full bloom March 7, 2010. More brick red than last year, perhaps due to cooler temperatures?](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2010/05/25/brunsvigiaken/e49f68.jpg)
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![Picture of Each style is about to slip out of the hairy perianth covered in pollen](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/01/29/Kell/541114.jpg)
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![Picture of Here you can see why it is called Tulip tree.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/02/17/eliasastro/b74a8e.jpg)
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![Picture of Desert Botanical Gardens. June 17, 2005. Early June, early summer, zone 9a/9b. Flowers are characterized by yellow centers and ruby sepals.](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/04/08/Xenomorf/3f8bb9.jpg)
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![Picture of University of Washington Botany, Medicinal Herb Garden, Seattle, WA](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2011/08/01/growin/972280.jpg)
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![Picture of Marie Selby Gardens in Sarasota, Florida](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2012/09/16/DaleTheGardener/35c7f5.jpg)
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![Picture of My Garden in Spain, Golden Trumpet people ask is it PLASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2013/02/26/marty38/03b33a.jpg)
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![Picture of May, 2012--Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI](https://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2013/03/13/DaylilySLP/764f43.jpg)
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Information: Type of plant: Trees Bloom color: White/Near White Bloom time of year: Late Spring/Early Summer Sun requirements: Full Sun, Sun to Partial Shade Cold hardiness: Zone 5a to Zone 9b Height: 30-40 ft. (9-12 m), over 40 ft. (12 m) Spacing: 30-40 ft. (9-12 m), over 40 ft. (12 m) View much more information about this plant at PlantFiles. ![]() | Talk about this bloom There haven't yet been any comments posted about this bloom. |