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flfwrs
Niceville, FL
(Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009
03:21 PM Post #7247964
| My local extension agent thinks this is a golden rain tree but in pictures I've been able to find on the web the bloom of this one is not as closed and more peach colored. I'll post a close up and a far away shot next. 
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flfwrs
Niceville, FL
(Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009
03:22 PM Post #7247966
| here is the bloom close up 
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flfwrs
Niceville, FL
(Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009
03:24 PM Post #7247968
| here is the whole tree.
P.S. Dave, is there anyway we could attach more than one photo to a post? I notice lots of people need to post more than one for ID questions.
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sube1984
Moorpark, CA
(Zone 9a)
November 6, 2009
03:33 PM Post #7247991
| i believe that it is a chinese flame tree Koelreuteria bipinnata, in the same family as the golden rain tree however, the golden rain is Koelreuteria paniculata. |
growin
Vancouver, BC
(Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009
04:48 PM Post #7248162
| I agree with sube1984. |
flfwrs
Niceville, FL
(Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009
06:40 PM Post #7248490
| That's it! Thanks both of you! |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
November 6, 2009
07:29 PM Post #7248642
| Yep, Koelreuteria bipinnata.
The pink things are actually seed capsules, not flowers - the flowers are yellow, produced in the summer.
Resin
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trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)
November 6, 2009
08:06 PM Post #7248747
| if you posted more than one photo to each post, they would probably be too small to see details. posting them one at a time is time-consuming, but you get bigger, better pictures.
resin, the flowers come right before the seed capsules here. they flower for a couple of weeks and then the capsules form quickly afterwards. florida is full of these beautiful, some say weedy, trees. they were at their peak about a week ago.
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flfwrs
Niceville, FL
(Zone 8b)
November 8, 2009
08:14 AM Post #7252555
| I guess you're right about the picture size.
Everyone mentioned seeds, does anyone have experience growing one from seed? The look huge full grown, I wonder how long it takes them to get that big? |
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)
November 8, 2009
09:03 AM Post #7252610
| they are a pretty fast grower but to attain full size i would think at least 25 yrs. judging from the growth on mine, which was planted 3 yrs. ago as a 2' tall sapling. |
flfwrs
Niceville, FL
(Zone 8b)
November 8, 2009
09:13 AM Post #7252629
| thanks, trackinsand. It's nice to meet another gardener close to my area! |
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)
November 8, 2009
11:11 AM Post #7252865
| i'm in umatilla. good to meet you too! |
