Schotia Species, African Walnut, Tree Fuchsia, Weeping Boer-Bean

I have been growing this tree for about 8 years in my botanical gardens. This is the first year it bloomed. We got down to 18 degrees a...Read More few years ago and had some limb damage nothing serious more like a bad pruning job. I got the tree for my hummingbirds kathy

The image that I posted was of a moderate size tree (18-20 feet) in bloom at Quail Botanical Garden in Encinitas, San Diego County.
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The bloom output was quite heavy all throughout the tree and the color of the blooms were a very deep garnet red.

Shotia brachypetala is a medium tree. The leaves are compound. The foliage is reddish when young.The tree is evergreen. The flowers are r...Read Moreed and are produced in masses.
When the tree is in bloom all the plant is red.This is a very nice tree and it not needs to mush care, the only probleme I see, is the need to train it when young. The plant is well adapted to dry climate.