San Diego, Trees

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Kate Sessions, (1857-1940) is credited with introducing the Jacaranda tree to the San Diego area. Miss Sessions was a school teacher, botanist, horticulturist, and landscape architect. She founded the Mission Hills Nursery in 1910.

Jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia), BIGNONIACEAE FAMILY                

The myrtle family includes plants such as the bay rum tree, guava, all spice, eucalyptus and myrtle.  All are woody, with evergreen leaves and produce essential oils.  The Eucalypts are particularly associated with Australasia.

The Naked Coral Tree is native to eastern Mexico, at elevations of 2,500 to 8,500 feet. 

 Melaleuca nesophila, showy honey-myrtle, mindiyed or pink melaleuca

Melaleuca is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area near Albany in Western Australia. Hardy and adaptable, with a dense crown of leaves and prolific heads of pink or purple flowers in late spring and summer, it is one of the most commonly cultivated melaleuca shrubs.

Bidwill's Hybrid Coral Bean
Erythrina crista-galli  x  Erythrina herbacea.
FABACEAE FAMILY
Perennial in zone 8

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Family | Fabaceae

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The Fabaceae or Leguminosae Family is commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family.

Bidwill's Coral Bean Tree (Erythrina bidwillii)

San Diego. California (Zone 10)

Texas mountain laurel (Dermatophyllum or Sophora) is an attractive evergreen shrub or understory tree. The tree likes full sun and well-drained, rocky limestone soil. The foliage is an attractive dark green shade.The flowers are both grape in hue and scent. Zone 7.

Redbud (Cercis Canadensis) 

Millennial Park, Chicago, Illinois

Texas bluebonnet Lupinus texensis

Mimosa Tree 'Summer Chocolate' (Zone 7- 8)

                         Vine: Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)

Vine: Evergreen Wisteria (Millettia reticulata)  Formerly Papilionaceae family (zone 7)

Sensitive Plant Flower (Mimosa pudica)

Mimosa

Calliandra

Chart I: Fabaceae endemic to Texas and surrounding areas

Astragalus crassicarpus	Berlandier's Groundplum, Groundplum Milkvetch, Groundplum
Astragalus nuttallianus	Nuttall's milkvetch, Small-flowered milkvetch
Astragalus reflexus	drooping milkvetch
Dalea hallii	Hall's prairie clover, Hall's Dalea
Dalea reverchonii	Comanche Peak prairie clover
Lupinus texensis	Texas bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas lupine, Buffalo clover, Wolf flower
Pediomelum cyphocalyx	turniproot
Pediomelum hypogaeum	subterranean Indian breadroot
Pediomelum latestipulatum	Texas Plains Indian breadroot, Scurfpea
Tephrosia lindheimeri	Lindheimer's hoarypea, Hoary Pea, Lindheimer tephrosia
Trifolium bejariense	Bejar clover

Source: PHYLOGENY/CLASSIFICATION OF THE FAMILIES OF VASCULAR PLANTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. 

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Linnaeus 1735	Haeckel 1866	Chatton 1925	Copeland 1938	Whittaker 1969	Woese et al. 1990	Cavalier-Smith 1998	Cavalier-Smith 2015
2 kingdoms	3 kingdoms	2 empires	4 kingdoms	5 kingdoms	3 domains	2 empires, 6 kingdoms	2 empires, 7 kingdoms

Taxonomy

Family: FAMILY | FABACEAE

Family Common Name: legume, pea, or bean family

Kingdom: Plantae

Clade: Tracheophytes

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Division: Angiosperm

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Class: Eudicots

Subclass:  Superrosids

Infraclass:  Rosids

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Order: Fabales

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Family: FAMILY | FABACEAE

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September Gardens

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Fireman's  CAP flower , BIDWELL'S CORAL BEAN TREE (ERYTHRINA BIDWILLI)        

tnla dEMONSTRATION gARDEN, HUMMINGBIRD AND A RABBIT  IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY

CROTON AND COLEUS 'TRAILING WEDDING TRAIN' 

This was my favorite foliage display in the entire garden. The bed had a tidy and tiered quality. The colors were so appealing as the dappled light danced through the trees heralding the autumn equinox in a subtle ballet. Each variety enhancing the other while allowing the plants to exhibit their own strength of form.

SHAKESPEARE, BRONZE SCULPTURE BY GARY LEE PRICE I don't recall seeing this wonderful sculpture. A brass plate identifies it as a gift to the garden. Are they going to have a Shakespeare themed garden like that at Northwestern University in the Chicago area? What I liked about this display is the bronze against the mottled latte and stone crape myrtle tree trunks and the pink rose accent. 

VERBENA BONARIENSIS FINESSE AND GOLDSTURM BLACK-EYED SUSAN RUDBECKIA FULGIDA SULLIVANTII 'GOLDSTURM

Datura is one of those plants that has a form that looks best with a strong backdrop and frontal support.  Every time I visit the garden I find new ideas and solutions. 

BLACK SWALLOWTAIL ON PINK PENTA

SALVIA MANNEQUIN BLUE MOUNTAIN AND FAN FLOWER SCAEVOLA AEMULA SURDIVAVA FASHION PINK.

FAN FLOWER SCAEVOLA AEMULA SURDIVAVA FASHION PINK.

Part I | San Diego Zoo | Balboa Park | Erythrina Tree

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Bidwill's Hybrid Coral Bean Tree | Erythrina x bidwillii

Coral tree is a hybrid between Erythina crista-gali and Erythrina herbcacea. Long wands, to 4 feet long, of bright red flowers emerge from the branch tips through late spring and summer. 

Who was John Carne Bidwell? A New Zealand botanist and author. He wrote Rambles in New Zealand in 1839.

Australian, William Macarthur, at his ranch, Camden Park crossbred Erythrina crista-galli, with Erythrina herbacea to produce the Bidwill's Hybrid Coral Bean Tree.

Erythrina is a member of the Fabaceae or Leguminosae Family commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family.