Showing posts with label tecoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tecoma. Show all posts

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Family | Bignoniaceae

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Many of the flowers in this family include conspicuous, tubular flowers.  The Bignonia family, is named for Louis XIV of France's Abbe, Jean Paul Bignon. His protégé, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, named the genus Bignonia (Virginia jasmine) after him in 1694.
Bells of Fire trumpet vine 

The trumpet vine will attract hummingbirds with it's bright orange color and trumpet shaped flower.                                                                                         

Bignoniaceae Family
Desert willow, Chilopsis linearis
      






Chilopsis linearis is considered a very large shrub to small tree, 15-40 ft., slender-twigged, often with leaning, twisting trunk and open, spreading crown found naturally in the streambanks and watercourses.  The leaves are linear, many times longer than wide, with a strong central vein. Leaves are deciduous and willow-like. 


Jacaranda tree,  (Jacaranda mimosifolia)      

Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its attractive and long-lasting violet-colored flowers. Jacaranda can be found throughout most of Southern California, where they were imported by the horticulturist, Kate Sessions.

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Orange Flowers and Berries in Your Garden

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Native to South Africa. Kniphofia Uvaria
Tritoma 'Flamenco' Red Hot Poker, Torchlily
Tritoma 'Flamenco' 1999 Award Winner.

The genus Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker) is a group of South African native perennials. Most red hot pokers are quite easy to grow in bright sun and good garden soil.


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Tecoma

                                                                                                                                                                                               
Tecoma x Bells of Fire tm, - Orange flower 
It is a Lamiales in the Bignoniaceae (trumpet vine) Family. 
Should attract hummingbirds with it bright orange color and trumpet shape.


Sundown Big Sky Series Coneflower







Nandina berries

Lantana






Zinnia - Zinnia elegans Dreamland
Gerbera Daisy, African Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, Barberton Daisy - JaguarTM
Poppy
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Orange symbolizes autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving, fire, determination, compassion, endurance, optimism, the home, and engineering. It lies between the yellow of summer and the red of winter.