Saturday, September 26, 2015

Where Have All the Silk Tree Flowers Gone?

Silk Tree Flowering August 22, © B. Radisavljevic
This is a silk tree I saw in the parking lot at the new Paso Robles Grocery Outlet on August 22. As you can see, it still has some flowers, but it has also started producing its seed pod fruits.

Below is another silk tree in the same parking lot on September 19. It has lost all its flowers?

So where have all the flowers gone? Part on the ground and part transformed into the fruits -- all that is left but the leaves. To get a larger view of either photo, please click it.

Silk Tree Fruits September 19, © B. Radisavljevic

Also see, "Bee in a Silk Tree" for more related photos.
Find out more about the Grocery Outlet here.

2 comments:

  1. I always knew these trees as Mimosas, this is the first I've heard of them referred to as silk trees. They really are beautiful and I really like them.

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    1. It's called Mimosa in the Eastern United States, but all my books refer to it as Silk Tree here in the West.

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