Flowering Dwarf Poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), originally uploaded by malyousif.
This tree was destroyed when a previous gardener covered its base with sand (trying to make a hill of some kind) and it didn’t like it at all. It completely went spastic and I thought it died. I left it as it is and a few weeks later I saw new growth right at the bottom of the tree.
I am glad that now, about a year and a bit later, it has bushed quite nicely, reached a height of about 2 meters and is flowering quite well.
Have a wonderful Friday guys!
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Even when jagoffs make a mistake and nearly ruin a plant, they manage to come back. I have this constant gripe with the “gardeners” at the university who want to turn everything into a box shaped hedge. The worst offense was turning a coast live oak into a hedge!
Plants typically don’t like grade changes to the soul around their roots. An easy way to kill most trees is to bury their roots under a layer of soil.
I’ve never seen one of these but congrats on a successful rescue. It’s a really beautiful and quite unusual bloom.
Lovely photograph, Mahmood – great colours and perfect depth of field!
“When a previous gardener”…..
Sorry Mahmood but it stinks of Imperialism and only a little short of the Khalifa dictatorship.
note to self:
today I planted 40 gomphrenas, 20 coleuses, 1 variegated hibiscus and an Indian fruit bush which I need to get the proper name of!
Nice picture, Mahmood. It’s nice to know there is some constants in life such your Friday pictures. :biggrin:
Have a great Friday everyone.
Pulcherrima!
She is!
The city department cut down some trees on the street last Friday and they even found time to diminish my pineapple plant down to the roots.
I hope it will survive this slaughter as did yours, Mahmood.
Really beautiful and always a pleasure to see these Friday posts !