SILVER (?) TRUMPET TREE

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Fort Myers version of  yellow Spring flowers — against a blue blue sky!

 

 

An article in our local newspaper last month said that this flowering tree is called a Silver Trumpet (tabebuia argentea).  I'm not sure why silver, because to me these  blossoms are way closer to yellow-gold.  

 

 

It blooms sometime around mid-March to early April and, whatever it is  called, the beautiful yellow blossoms are more than welcome.  

 

 

These last two pictures are from a couple of weeks ago (and the flowers were already past their prime) … now the yellow petals are mostly just carpeting the ground under the trees.

       

 

These trees don't get super tall and are a graceful shape even when not flowering, so they're used a lot in home landscaping and also in parks and along the streets in Fort Myers. 

And they are definitely a feast for the eyes during their short blooming season. 

    

   SHARING WITH:  

SKYWATCH FRIDAY and   TODAY'S FLOWERS.   

Thank you  to Yogi, Sylvia and Sandy for SWF and to Denise,  Pupo, and Sandy for Flowers.