Tabebuia and Handroanthus
Genus and Family: The genus, Tabebuia is native to the Amazon rain forest and other tropical parts of Mexico, and Central and South America. It included nearly 100 species of trees commonly known as trumpet trees, named so because of the shape of the flowers. In 2007, about 30 species of the trees in Tabebuia were renamed Handroanthus when...
What is Succulent Plant?
A beginner garden wants to know, what is Succulent plant. Well, the succulents have moved in and out of American gardens and homes on the tides of popularity. They are dramatic, exciting, and always interesting. A succulent garden can be a beautiful landscape specimen that blends perfectly with contemporary architecture, a beautiful house plant that requires almost no maintenance,...
A Rare Sight of Double Tree of Casorzo
A Rare Sight of Double Tree of Casorzo - A tree growing atop another tree, it’s not a sight that you get to see every day. But here you can know about a unique tree growing between Grana and Casorzo in Piemonte, Italy, recognized as the “Double Tree of Casorzo” or Bialbero de Casorzo in Italian. This is a...
The Whistler Tree in Portugal
The Whistler Tree is a more than 235 years old natural wonder in old cork oak from Águas de Moura, Palmela, Portugal. This cork tree is about 16.3 m (53 ft) tall and has a diameter of 14 ft.
In 2018, The Whistler Tree is voted European Tree of the year. It is also known as the monumental Cork...
The Black Sapote – Chocolate Pudding Fruit
The Black Sapote “Diospyros nigra” is a species of persimmon in the family Ebenaceae. It is also called “chocolate pudding fruit” and black snap apple. Black Sapote is a tropical fruit mostly grown in Mexico, Central America, The Caribbean, and Colombia. Sapote means soft edible fruit and has no relation with white sapote or mamey sapote. The tree can...
Pink Trumpet Tree Tabebuia heterophylla
The eye-catching Pink Trumpet Tabebuia heterophylla Tree grows at a reasonable rate from a slim pyramid when young to a broad silhouette, 20 to 40 feet tall. The palmately compound, green leaves are evergreen throughout most of its range but may be briefly deciduous as the new leaves emerge. The showy display of pink or white, bell-shaped blooms appears...
How to do Tabebuia Tree Care
Tabebuia Tree Care
The Tabebuia tree is commonly known as the golden trumpet tree. It is semi-evergreen or semi-deciduous shedding foliage for a short period in a late spring tree. Tabebuia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae and is very similar to Tabebuia ochracea.
Tabebuia “Handroanthus chrysotrichus synonym Tabebuia chrysotricha,” is the national tree of Brazil....
Linden Tree – Tall, Fast Growing Dense Shade Tree
Linden Tree is tall and fast-growing, with an attractive, dense shape. They are used as shade trees and often as street trees. They bear dangling clusters of fragrant white flowers in early summer. Little leaf Linden or Tilia cordata a European tree is among the best. It grows up to 90 feet tall in a dense compact pyramid and...
Yareta – A 3000 Years Old Alien-looking Plant
Yareta is something green and alien-looking growing plant in South America. In the first inspection, you might consider that it is some extraterrestrial species. Which is using the remote grasslands of the continent to start a foothold on planet Earth. Yet though alien looks like a green mass of cells have their origins very much in this world.
This...
The Dead Man’s Fingers
Xylaria polymorpha, generally known as dead man's fingers, is a saprobic fungus. The plant habitually inhabitant of forest and woodland areas, normally growing from the bases of rotting or injured tree stumps and decaying wood.
The Xylaria polymorpha is a very rare and distinct species of fungus that is widely distributed throughout the deciduous forests of North America and Europe....
Cherries from the Orient
For hundreds of years, Cherries trees have been cultivated in the Far East for their ornamental blossoms. These same trees are now being planted in Britain there they bring a welcome splash of color to our towns and cities in spring.
Among the most attractive of all the trees in Britain are the ornamental cherries. So-called because they are planted...
Ginkgo biloba – Traditional Medicine Tree
This family includes a single species, which now survives in the wild in only a small area in SW. China. Ginkgo Biloba is a common ornamental in North America. Trees are dioecious with separate sexes, some trees being female and others being male. Sadly, all other species are being extinct. It is found in fossils dating back 270 million...
The Unusual Bottle Tree of Queensland
The Unusual Bottle Tree of Queensland is nature's wonderful gift. The Brachychiton Rupestris also known as a narrow-leaved bottle tree or Queensland bottle tree originally classified in the family of Sterculiaceae, which is now within Malvaceae, is native to Queensland, Australia.
Its grossly swollen trunk gives it an astonishing appearance and gives rise to the name. Bottle Trees can...
Hyperion ! World’s Tallest Knowing Living Tree
Hyperion is the name of a coast redwood (Sequoia Sempervirens) in Northern California. It was measured at 115.61 metres (379.3 feet). Which ranks it as the world's tallest known living tree. Hyperion is the world’s tallest tree. The tree is estimated to contain 18,600 cubic feet (530 m3) of wood and to be roughly 700–800 years old. Therefore in Feb...
Top 25 Oak Facts You Should Know
Oak Facts
The oak tree is a deciduous tree that grows in temperate zones around the world, and it is one of the most important trees in the world. Oak trees are evergreen, which means that they keep their leaves all year round. They can grow for hundreds of years and live for about 500 years. The oldest oak tree...
Why Drunken Trees Behave in Mysterious Way
What are Drunken Trees?
Drunken trees are a stand of trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment. This most commonly occurs in northern subarctic taiga forests of black spruce under which intermittent permafrost or ice wedges have melted, causing trees to tilt at various angles. Some trees survive their soil eroding and continue to grow. Others collapse or drown as...
Dendrosenecio kilimanjari: The Giant Groundsel of Mount Kilimanjaro
Description:
Kilimanjaro Mountain is known for its unique ability to attract isolated, mutated, and rare species of plants, animals, insects, and fungi that are almost impossible to find anywhere else. It is worth pointing out that Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain and the world's tallest freestanding mountain at 5,895 meters in elevation. A few of the exclusive plant species...
Birch (Betula alba)
Birch (Betula alba) is a graceful native tree that will refresh your life and fill it with excitement and passion. The bark of a tree will become whiter with age. However, the green summer foliage turns golden in autumn. The tree species is suitable for most well-drained soils though not shallow chalk. The Common Silver Birch, also known as...
Unique and Interesting Facts About Limber Pine Cones
Limber Pine Cones
Did you know that the limber pine cone is one of the longest cones in the world? It can grow up to 18 inches long! These cones are also unique in that they hang from the tree branches rather than sticking out like other pine cones. In this blog post, we will discuss some more interesting facts...
Stevia rebaudiana – An Incredibly Versatile Food Ingredient
Stevia rebaudiana
There is no plant that offers as much sweetness as stevia, and no plant produces as safe a sugar substitute for diabetics as Stevia rebaudiana. The Stevia flower syrup is nothing short of fabulous, unlike the fresh and dried leaves. Stevia flowers are preserved in honey by Brazilian visitors to the Herbal Centre gardens as a winter medicine....
Spectacular Yellow Flowering Golden Chain Tree
The spectacular springtime show of yellow flowers gives Laburnum its common name Golden Chain Tree or golden rain. But the laburnum also has its dark side, for it is one of the most poisonous trees growing in the British Isles. Like so many of the more colorful trees that grow in Britain. This lovely tree is not native to...
Coccoloba gigantifolia – The Largest Leaf in the World
Description
Coccoloba gigantifolia is a rare and unique plant species that boasts the largest leaf in the world. This magnificent plant belongs to the Polygonaceae family and is native to the rainforests of Central and South America. Coccoloba gigantifolia, also known as the "giant-leaved" sea grape, is a rare and magnificent plant. Its massive leaves can grow up to 3...
The Cylindrical Grandidier’s Baobab Tree
Grandidier’s Baobab Tree is the biggest and most re-known of Madagascar’s species of Baobabs. It is also known as “Adansonia Grandidieri”, actually an imposing and unusual tree endemic to the island of Madagascar. It is an endangered species mainly threatened by the encroachment of agricultural land. When you see this unusual tree, you’ll come to know that Grandidier’s baobabs...
Plants to Beat Tight Chests, Insomnia and Colds
Plants You Need in Your Bedroom to Beat Tight Chests, Insomnia, and Colds. NASA scientists say, that you need to keep plants in your bedroom to beat different diseases, i.e. colds, tight chests, and insomnia. Although plants look very beautiful in gardens scientists maintain that we can reap plenty of health benefits from plants by bringing them indoors. Researchers...
1,400-Year-Old Ginkgo Tree Still Sheds Golden Leaves
Once a year, this majestic 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree showcases a transition into fall in a remarkable way and its countless leaves change into a radiant shade of gold. The tree is located within the walls of the Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple, in the Zhongnan Mountain region of China. This wonderful autumnal display entices travelers from all over the world....