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A close up of the blossoms on my smoke tree. Here is a description of what a smoke tree is.
A very unique, small tree that you will surely fall in love with… as an accent in your home landscape, or as a specimen flowering tree.
The dark round leaves give the tree a rugged and casual appearance in summer, and are a marvelous scarlet color display in the autumn.
Smoke Tree gets its name from the way it looks while in bloom. Like an airy cloud of smoke floating atop the pretty leaves.
This most unusual blooming effect comes from the fluffy heads that hold clusters of very tiny flowers.
@Anthony: I would miss that, although most of my stuff is just prune, feed and water. I love to watch things grow.
@Observing: Thanks Mike. No rain here and we are at 25C. Just right in my books.
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael. it is a beautiful tree. I guess I should post a picture of the whole thing..:D
@Lorraine: I will be watching for it Lorraine. I am so glad you like it.
@Gary: Thank you Gary.
@Mandy Provan: I saw one and just had to have a couple of them myself. They are a lovely color and so whimsical and delicate. I will have to plant another one at my new place when I get there.
@Ron: Thanks Ron. We prune it, water it and feed it and the results are great.
@Ronnie 2¢: Why thank you Ronnie. Now I am off to see what you have posted today....
@Judy: Judy, it is planted in my side garden which takes the hot sun all day and right now it's 30C on the porch. I'm not sure what it's limitations are, but one thing I am sure of it wouldn't do well in really cold climates. They are closely related to the sumacs (Rhus). They are large shrubs or small trees, native to the warm temperate Northern Hemisphere. So maybe they would.
Canon EOS 30D
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