Monthly Archives: November 2014

[gallery ids="4951,4934,6535"] A broad, spreading tree with finely textured foliage and pink, silky, 'powder puff' blooms in the summer. It is sometimes grown as a multi-stemmed tree. Adapts well to drought, high pH and soil salinity, as long as the soil is well-drained. It prefers a site in full sun. Also called Silky Mimosa or Persian...

[gallery ids="6399,8023"] A rounded tree, with long, dense upright clusters of single, bright red flowers in spring. The flowers are attractive to hummingbirds. The large leaves lend a coarse texture to the landscape. It prefers full sun to light shade, prefers moist, well-drained soils, that are slightly acid. The parent plants are A. hippocastanum and A....

[gallery ids="4932"] This is a dense, rounded tree with dark green leaves that emerge lighter green in spring. The foliage is not susceptible to leaf scorch. The palm-shaped leaves turn yellow in the fall. Showy spikes of dark pink flowers with yellow eyes emerge in spring. Prefers full sun to part shade in well-drained soil. It...