Ponytail Palm scientific name Beaucarnea Recurvata is native to eastern Mexico. It is an evergreen slow growing to 15 – 20 feet (4.5 – 6 m) with a noticeable expanded caudex, for the purpose of storing water. The single palm-like stem produces terminal tufts of strap-shaped, recurred leathery leaves with occasional panicles of small white flowers. A full Ponytail Palm tree also looks like a big onion plant. Ponytail Palm blooms in summer .The small creamy white flowers is produced only on older trees.
Common name: Cabbage Tree Scientific name: Cordyline Australis Height: 13 m Sun
Tolerance: Full sun Growth Rate: Medium Span: 2 m ABP Index: 2.5 (Aesthetics 2.5, Solidarity 2.5)
The Cordyline Australis is one of the most
distinctive trees in the New Zealand landscape, especially on farms.
They grow all over the country, but prefer wet, open areas like swamps. Cabbage trees have lovely scented flowers in early summer, which turn
into bluish-white berries that birds love to eat. Growing 38 to 40 ft high, cabbage trees have long narrow leaves that may be up to a meter long. As the plant gets old, the stems may die but new shoots grow
from any part of the trunk. The bark is thick and tough like cork, and a
huge fleshy taproot anchors the tree firmly into the ground.
Cabbage Tree in a Garden
Cabbage Tree Fruits
Closeup of the Cabbage Tree Fruit
Cabbage Tree Flowering
Cordyline Australis Seeds
Video on Cordyline Australis: For more information: Terrain Doc
Common
Name: Creme Brulee
Agave
Scientific Name: Agave Guiengola
Height: 2-6 ft (0.6-2m)
Span: 3-6 ft (1-2 m)
Growth Rate: Slow
Sun Tolerance: Full Sun
ABP Index:
4.5 (Aesthetics 4.5,
Solidarity 4.5)
Creme Brulee Agave scientific name is Agave guiengola. This is an
evergreen plant. A mountain in the southern Mexico where this plant grows. This
succulent forms open rosettes to 2-6 ft (0.6 – 2m) tall by 3 – 6 ft (1-2m)
span. The leaves are very broad at the base and taper to a brown terminal
spine. Along the edge of the 1.5-2 ft long leaves there are many dark-colored
thorns. The flowers bloom in summer and the flowering period extends from
February to March.
Common
Name: Red Cotton Tree
Scientific Name: Bombax Ceiba
Height: Over 40 ft
(12m+)
Span: 30-40 ft (9-12 m)
Growth Rate: Medium
Sun Tolerance: Full Sun
ABP Index: 2.0 (Aesthetics 2.0,
Solidarity 2.0)
The Bombax Ceiba-Red cotton tree is commonly known as
Cotton Tree. This is a tropical tree and has a straight tall trunk. The trunk
is full of heavy thorn. Its leaves are deciduousin winter. In the middle of spring it
is full blooming and they are looking so beautiful. Flowers colors are Red and Orange. At that time huge
numbers of bees and birds are gathering on the tree for honey. Its fruits like
a capsulewhich, when ripe,
contains white fabrics like cotton. Its seeds are poisonous. Although this is a
tropical forest tree but most often it plants in the park and beside the road
for its beauty. It is widely planted in Bangladesh,
India, Indonesia, Malay,
China,Hong KongandTaiwan.
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