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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBefore & after: My baby after a rain. Hopefully what I can see someday.
At my decrepit stage of life, whatever I plant needs to be *fast* growing, so that I might take advantage of some shade and blossoms before it's too late. On the left is this year's planting, from the flea market at knee high and now getting to be waist high. It's a "royal Poinciana" and they are gluttons for water, plus they freeze. So on the right is one from 2006 that was like the current baby but ZOOMED to eaves-height with the rain from a water-disturbance that year. It has frozen three times, cut down to the ground, but the roots had reached some underground water, so it's back where it was. It took three or so years before farting out ONE bloom, but then a couple of years later was COVERED with blossoms, and last year was thick with everything (blooms and fronds) for an intense shade.
The baby after the rain looked like it was ready to flap like a chopper to fly off.
Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,297 posts)Beautiful photos.
Enjoy your baby!
Motley13
(3,867 posts)They are gorgeous
UTUSN
(70,496 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)FLASHY, MAKING THE SCENE
I WILL TEACH IT THE ERROR OF ITS WAYS
UTUSN
(70,496 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)YES INDEED
csziggy
(34,120 posts)For instance, they might advise pruning that big branch to the left on your blooming tree. http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/trees-and-shrubs/trees/royal_poinciana.html
You're lucky - they won't survive up here at all.
irisblue
(32,828 posts)Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)Beautiful tree. The crown is easily 50 feet across and in full bloom.