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Friday, October 9, 2009

it's a bloomin' Friday


The flowers of the Jamaican rain tree (brya ebenus) This was given to me by a fellow gardener and friend. Thank you Philip!


It  flowers in high humidity and has done so at least three times for the year . It is a tough tree with tiny spines along the branches and it grows up to 30ft when mature. To enjoy more blooming Friday take a stroll over to Katerina at roses and stuff. Have a great weekend my friends!

13 comments:

  1. The flowers are very pretty- like golden sweet peas. I have not seen it here.

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  2. Gorgeous, gorgeous yellow! Hope you have a great weekend too!

    Thank you for all your comments regarding my Meghalaya photos...LOVED reading them all!

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  3. Good morning! Lovely blooms, and I like its name, too. Have a great weekend!

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  4. Brilliance of fall...! Love the yellow and the way it's blooming...wishing you more blooms...

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  5. Nice colour! The flowers are so interesting,they are all over the shrub and growing out from the stems. Are the flowers long lasting? or drop quickly?

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  6. Lotusleaf, Kanak, Tatyana, Urban Green and Stephanie.....the yellow is a vivid one and the flowers last for several days.

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  7. Your Jamaican Rain Tree is beautiful. It looks like something that one would find in a desert garden, except that it requires high humidity :-)

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  8. Hi Helen,
    Get your Meme Award from Blog Garden if you havent been tagged. If yes then I apologized. Thanks..

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  9. AZplantlady.......It grows in Miami Florida so it might grow in AZ. It may not flower all year round but in the summer it will I think.


    FJL....thank you for a meme award it is the second one that I have received, however I will pass on it this time.

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  10. Helen, does these flowers have a nice fragrance? They certainly have a striking yellow colour.

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  11. You have so many interesting and different (to me) flowers. The Jamaican rain tree kind of reminds me of some low water trees in the southwest (Palo Verde I think?).

    I wanted to also comment on your comment about my Botswana trip. The former leader of Botswana that you mentioned is one of the wise ones I referenced in my post. He made sure that the money they got from diamond mining went to education for all their citizens. A truly amazing place!

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  12. Autumn Belle....I am not sure if the flowers are fragrant cause I went out to sniff them and they were gone!

    Jean......we gardeners always want to grow the plants on the other side of the fence LOL. Your post on your trip is mind blowing!

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  13. The Jamaican Rain Tree looks pretty, lovely flowers, I love that yellow!

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