Posts tagged tree

dodgerthirteen: The Chocolate Tree US Botanic Garden Washington, DC 9/28/12 Not going to lie, I wanted to grab a pod for myself.

dodgerthirteen:

The Chocolate Tree
US Botanic Garden
Washington, DC
9/28/12

Not going to lie, I wanted to grab a pod for myself.

I love lemons (and blog credit). 

I love lemons (and blog credit). 

brilliantbotany: An iced-over Japenese maple, Acer palmatum. It is a small tree, globally used in landscaping. It produces samaras as seeds, which you would likely recognize as helicopter seeds that flutter in the wind.

brilliantbotany:

An iced-over Japenese maple, Acer palmatum. It is a small tree, globally used in landscaping. It produces samaras as seeds, which you would likely recognize as helicopter seeds that flutter in the wind.

lewisginter: Azalea’s in bloom along the Woodland Walk at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. (Photo by Garrett McLee)

lewisginter:

Azalea’s in bloom along the Woodland Walk at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.

(Photo by Garrett McLee)

dendroica: Pink cherry blossoms on Flickr.

dendroica:

Pink cherry blossoms on Flickr.

phxpsyd: Spring and Fall

phxpsyd:

Spring and Fall

te4cup

flora-file:

My Big Old Valley Oak

Valley Oak - Quercus Lobata


One of the very first thing anyone notices in our backyard is the oak tree. It is far larger than our little house. It is a deciduous oak, so it lets in lots of light in the winter, and shades out the heat in the summer. During the summer it’s lobed leaves let in dappled light that is perfect for many California native plants. Of course, it drops about 30 cubic yards of leaves, and every two or three years a gazillion acorns. 

My house was built in 1950. That is when most of the smaller trees in this top photo were planted. The oak tree on the other hand takes up a large portion of our backyard and part of our neighbor’s, and it must be at least 200 years old. These older Oak trees only grow where there is a nearby source of water, and we do live along an aquifer that carries water to the SF Bay Delta from nearby Mt Diablo.

When I think how the world has changed in the time this Oak Tree has been growing here, and it puts things into a whole different perspective. It’s funny that I call it my valley oak really. This is the oak tree’s property.  I am just passing through.

sachaf: Our blood orange tree has its first blossoms!

sachaf:

Our blood orange tree has its first blossoms!

sachaf: Bokehlicious! Even in the winter there are dashes of colour to be seen in Sydney

sachaf:

Bokehlicious! Even in the winter there are dashes of colour to be seen in Sydney

iammelissabutler: Part of a series about my family.  Shot in the Adirondack Mountains.

iammelissabutler:

Part of a series about my family.  Shot in the Adirondack Mountains.

brilliantbotany: This is The Major Oak, found in the Sherwood Forest in Nottingham, England. Folklore states that Robin Hood and his outlaws used it for shelter. It’s approximately 900 years old. (source)

brilliantbotany:

This is The Major Oak, found in the Sherwood Forest in Nottingham, England. Folklore states that Robin Hood and his outlaws used it for shelter. It’s approximately 900 years old. (source)

jardinbotanicolamanigua: Vismia baccifera Flores del árbol sangregallina. Hay dos subespecies. A esta la llaman “canelo”. Flores of the Bloodwood Tree. There are two subspecies. This one is called “cinnamon”.

jardinbotanicolamanigua:

Vismia baccifera

Flores del árbol sangregallina. Hay dos subespecies. A esta la llaman “canelo”.

Flores of the Bloodwood Tree. There are two subspecies. This one is called “cinnamon”.

mixgreen: nevver: ‘A tree grows from the top of a chimney in an abandoned factory yard in Luque, on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay’ A World Without People

mixgreen:

nevver:

‘A tree grows from the top of a chimney in an abandoned factory yard in Luque, on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay’

A World Without People

nevver

enajurov: A job that didn’t work out in the end. A calendar where you can track your tree’s growth through the year. Go plant some trees! 

enajurov:

A job that didn’t work out in the end. A calendar where you can track your tree’s growth through the year. Go plant some trees! 

agoodthinghappened: Lavender Fields by D.G.Flickr on Flickr.

agoodthinghappened:

Lavender Fields by D.G.Flickr on Flickr.