Re: bombax in bloom and the link is here

Oh I know - but it always looks so funny. Like the spider lilies in fall
that bloom, then the foliage comes later. That is one awesome lookin'
tree though I must say!!


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 05 Mar 2003 20:28:28 -0800

>And most fruit trees which by the way are now blooming here.
>
>DF
>
>Kitty Morrissy wrote:
>
>>So do many magnolias. And of course those wonderful redbuds!
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>>[Original Message]
>>>From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
>>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>Date: 3/5/2003 10:33:46 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] bombax in bloom and the link is here
>>>
>>>Cornus florida blooms before the leaves come!
>>>Cathy
>>>On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 06:48 PM, Pamela J. Evans wrote:
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>>>OHMIGOSH it's gorgeous!  How funny to have all those flowers and no 
>>>>leaves!   Beautiful indeed.
>>>>Thanks for sharing!
>>>>
>>>>Pam
>>>>
>>>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>>>From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
>>>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>Date:  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:43:02 -0600
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>
>>>>>http://illianagardenpond.org/jimsphotos.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>Enjoy folks!
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry, Jim, I had to reduce the file size so those on a dial up did not
>>>>>have to wait forever to see um....
>>>>>
>>>>>Donna
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>>donna has been kind enough to post three pictures i took of a local
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>
>>>>>bombax
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>>[probably b. malabarcum, but who knows] in bloom. the bombax, a native
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>
>>>>>of
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>>tropical asia is, oddly enough, deciduous. it blooms profusely at this
>>>>>>time
>>>>>>of year [before leafing out]. the flowers, which are borne in
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>
>>>>>clusters,
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>>are
>>>>>>5" to 8" across and have that clear succulence of cactus and waterlily
>>>>>>blooms.
>>>>>>
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>>>>--
>>>>Pam Evans
>>>>Kemp TX/zone 8A
>>>>
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Kemp TX/zone 8A



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