When we were in Japan we gushed over all the incredibly beautiful cherry blossom trees. We must have taken at least 5 GB of photos of the briefly blooming, delicate blossoms.
We were driving home from tai-chi the other day and suddenly noticed the beautiful flowering trees around us. We realized that we were taking so much of this beauty for granted.
It must be the season for the Rainbow Shower tree because we see them in bloom everywhere.
My mother calls this the Moonlight shower tree. It's in bloom too, but I don't know if it's the correct name.
For a little variety, there's this Royal Poinciana. I think that's what it is.
I don't see a whole lot of these Golden Shower trees, but against the blue sky, they really pop out at you. I wish I could have found a better photo to post today. Unfortunately I think it's the tail end of the Golden Shower season. I think the scientific name for this tree is Tabebuia.
I love these purple flower trees. I thought they were Jacaranda, but I don't know for sure. I just know I love the color.
I guess the cherry blossoms in Japan are appreciated so much because they last for just a couple of weeks. The flowering Hawaiian trees stick around for quite a while so that we start to take them for granted.
And speaking of taking things for granted, I just looked out my window and saw our neighbor's huge plumeria tree. (Sorry about the window blinds reflection in the photo.) I can smell its fragrance when the wind blows our way.
Starting tomorrow, I'll turn over a new leaf and pay attention to all the flowers around me. Maybe I'll find a spectacular Golden Shower tree that I can take a photo of. If I do, I'll be sure to post it.
It must be the season for the Rainbow Shower tree because we see them in bloom everywhere.
My mother calls this the Moonlight shower tree. It's in bloom too, but I don't know if it's the correct name.
For a little variety, there's this Royal Poinciana. I think that's what it is.
I guess the cherry blossoms in Japan are appreciated so much because they last for just a couple of weeks. The flowering Hawaiian trees stick around for quite a while so that we start to take them for granted.
And speaking of taking things for granted, I just looked out my window and saw our neighbor's huge plumeria tree. (Sorry about the window blinds reflection in the photo.) I can smell its fragrance when the wind blows our way.
Starting tomorrow, I'll turn over a new leaf and pay attention to all the flowers around me. Maybe I'll find a spectacular Golden Shower tree that I can take a photo of. If I do, I'll be sure to post it.
Haha, I like that you are going to turn over a new leaf for this tree post.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. Only I think I will start today!
ReplyDeleteI should drive past the stadium marketplace, where rainbow shower trees grace the parking lot. Pretty pictures, Kay!
ReplyDeletewonderful post
ReplyDeleteYou have the best flowers in the world right there at home. I have walked the streets of Honolulu and still have photos of a paradise I never saw in Japan. Though I did see a lot of pretty flowering trees and shrubs in Japan, nothing matched what I saw in Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteHawaii has the most gorgeous flowers, as shown in these lovely photos. I remember the scents of so many from our time there.
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine what it must be like to have so many blossoms around you for so much of the year,
ReplyDeletewe were impressed in Hawaii by all the different and new to us flowering trees and shrubs-it's truly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful flowering trees! Yes, please take more photos, I love them!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that last one could be a crepe myrtle tree? We have then in Georgia in different colors and they are beginning to bloom just now. Maybe someone else could let us know! I am not an expert, it just looks like one from your photo.
Enjoy your flowers in Hawaii! Will you be making a lei for us next? :-)
You are indeed in a beautiful place, and all you have to do is go out the door! We are the same here in the Pacific Northwest: surrounded by beauty. Sometimes people miss it because all they see is the rain. :-)
ReplyDeleteI suspect the sun rays reflecting off the ocean waters intensify the colors we see on everything in Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteL. from W.
the trees are so beautiful in Hawaii!
ReplyDeleteYou have such great flowering trees in your state. When we were there last year I could not believe how beautiful the vegetation was, even in small fields. The pictures you show today are quite lovely.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness! Those are extraordinary blooming trees! So beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteThe tree you call Royal Poinciana hails from South Africa where it is known as the Flame of the Forest. You can see why in your photo. I studied the flora in Hawaii when I lived there and discovered that everything comes from somewhere else. Some travelers were brought by the British who carried plants everywhere and many other washed in from Latin America. I think the British brought the Flame of the Forest with them.
ReplyDeleteYes, you have many native trees in Hawaii, my favorite was the tree sacred to Pele which also had a red flower and looked like a Mimosa or the pink-flowered monkeypod tree as it is called in the Pacific area.
My next favorite was the tree you call Puamelia I think, although it is called Frangipani in Asia, the Caribbean, and Florida. I suspect the British carted it around the world.
California has many trees which prefer a dryer climate and I found those on the Leeward side of the Hawaiian islands. Cacti too. Hawaii is a botanist paradise.
Dianne
Yes, it's the Plumeria and it comes in all kinds of colors although the one outside my window is white. I'd read about Frangipani is several books and didn't realize for the longest time that it was just the Plumeria.
DeletePele's flower must be the Ohia. I remember people saying that if you picked it, it would rain. The Monkeypod flower season is quite a bit past now and we're inundated with the seed pods.
Flame of the Forest would definitely be a good name for the Royal Poinciana.
I was hoping you'd include a photo of a plumeria, and you did. I love plumerias and their fragrance. The many flowering trees around you are beautiful, Kay.
ReplyDeletethe difference is that we don't have groves of the same flower trees lining a street, on Oahu island at least. Except coconuts but then they don't flower.
ReplyDeleteSo true, so true, Ron. Except in the parking lots. :-)
DeleteI had to laugh when you commented on my blog, saying you'd like to have our big, wide-open spaces, because you have so much beauty on your gorgeous island. And here are the photos to prove it!
ReplyDeleteWonderful blossoms, fabulous colors.
K
People are too engrossed with other stuff and busy looking for beautiful and fine things. But if we will just be observant, those pretty things are actually just around us waiting patiently to be appreciated.
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hello Kay~ these trees are so beautiful and full of color. i could sit outside and watch the wind blow the blossoms all day. i'll bet you never bore of seeing your neighbors tree. it's so full. have a great night~
ReplyDeletealso, thanks for stopping by my blog. it was good to see you again as well.
gorgeous place to be. we're at rose and lily season here now so a fragrant air too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous trees - such beauty everywhere you look.
ReplyDelete"turn over a new leaf"? groan. Terrible pun!
ReplyDeleteI love our trees.
My cherry tree is about to have red cherries!
My catalpa tree lost its top branch, though. Win some, lose some. I'm so sad.
Love the photos, and seeing trees from a different clime!