I am joining Cathy’s week of flowers virtual garden party a bit late this year – hoping to add some tropical fun from my South Florida garden.
Here goes:
If this doesn’t warm you up, I don’t know what will. Royal Poinciana or Flamboyant trees (Delonix regia) in full mid summer bloom.
More hot summer color from Lobsterclaw Heliconia (Heliconia rostrata).
It wouldn’t be a post from me without a Bromeliad. This is another summer flower, Aechmea miniata.
Happy Flowery Wednesday to all. To see more Week of Flowers posts visit Cathy at http://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com
The Shrub Queen 
I feel warmer already! 😉 I need a tree that radiates warmth like that! Lovely name for them too. Thanks Amelia!
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I think red flowering trees are fairly unusual?
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Yes, I think so.
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Love those trees.
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I do, too. The pictures don’t do them justice.
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Beautiful. Feelin’ the warmth…much needed here in Wisconsin.
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We are actually having a cold front here!
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That Lobsterclaw is always a favourite of mine.
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Same here.
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LOVE!
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This surely warmed me up, a chara! Blue sky too. Thank you.
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Thanks, a chara. I have been reading a book set in Ireland in the rain!
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It’s the reason we have forty shades og green and just about the best butter in the world.
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That Royal Poinciana is incredible, Amelia!
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Thanks, Kris.
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What an amazing tree to have in your garden. Fantastic! I remember watching a TV series about the Raj in India and seeing Flame trees on that for the first time. They have stuck in my mind ever since.
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These are not in my garden..too beautiful not to share. They drop gigantic pods and are not good in high winds
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Oh, I tried to grow the royal poinciana here, but did not protect the seedlings from frost.
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I am at nearly the northern limit with an average low of 40.
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There are not many places in America where it can grow without getting annoyed by just mild frost.
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