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Posted by bigoledude z9b Chalmette, (My Page) on Sat, Mar 11, 06 at 0:28
| Just like 100,000 other refugees, we are temporarily living in Metairie. There is a small tree that looks very much like a "Crepe Myrtle" next to our driveway. The trunk is smooth and, shaped exactly like our CM's but, the flowers are the clearest yellow you ever saw and, it bloomed from late January and is just finishing up now. This little tree (10 feet tall) has produced an astounding amount of blooms this past season! Please share with me what this tree is. |
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| Maybe a cassia? Nomenclature is even more confused than I am--there's another name I can't think of. But that might get you started-- Good to see you around! |
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| My guess would be cassia too. The neighbor behind me had one that bloomed from late November till about a month ago. It was so nice to see all winter. In fact, there are still a few stragglers left on the tree. Harper |
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| Your tree with yellow blooms may be "Senna" - I have beautiful pictures of blooming Senna, and tried to send them to your email address, but received a reply that your email account is inactive. |
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| My first thought was cassia, but I thought they bloomed more in fall???? |
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| There are lots of cassias. I have two, one that blooms in the late summer/fall, and one that blooms fall/winter/early spring. The fall bloomer is much smaller. One year the late bloomer made it almost to the top of my spruce pine that is no more--kinda leaned on it, not a vine--and was a golden shower all the way down. Tends to get frozen back some years, and got broken and battered when we had to cut the pine from hurricane damage. It'll be back better without the pine's shade, but I'll miss the pine. |
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