On this second Thursday of the month, I was stuck. I would have been happy to blog about rosehips, zinnias or blueberries, but none of these are trees.
And on this second Thursday, the topic is supposed to be trees.
No problem! On the way home from an exercise walk, I spied this tree. A catalpa! This is a native tree (Catalpa speciosa) with beautiful, showy, fragrant blossoms in the late spring/early summer.
This is what the tree looked like on Tuesday. See the long "beans"? Those are the seed pods of the tree. Sadly, they are not edible.
These trees are messy when the flowers fall. The beans will stay on the tree a long time, though and give the tree one of its common names, the cigar tree.
Joining up with Parul at Happiness and Food each second and fourth Thursday for #ThursdayTreeLove.
I remember seeing the Cigar tree in Ljubljana .. the long beans had caught my eye.. But seeing its flowers here for the first time.. Always a pleasure to learn of trees from your part of the world! Thanks Alana!
ReplyDelete...a tree that I've always loved if it's in someone else's yard!
ReplyDeleteThis one is new to me! Thanks for sharing , Alana :)
ReplyDeleteAnd, i hear you on the plants vs trees. Glad you found this one at the right time!
Cheers!
Priya (https://softypinkngloriousred.wordpress.com/)
Pretty but messy.
ReplyDeleteMessy trees aren't fun. But it is pretty.
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me I need to get walking again
ReplyDeleteThis is new tree for me.. The long pods looks like black eyed beans.
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Wow! I have seen trees in India with beans like these but never seen them flowering. It could be some other species too. Thanks Alana. You always bring such beautiful and interesting trees to the blog hop. I love to see you join. Hope to see you back tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteBlooms and interesting seed pods and lovely big leaves. I like that tree!
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