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James Burghardt
(Fireman's Cap, Shrub Coral Tree)
In late spring or summer the fiery scarlet-red flower spikes of fireman's cap emerge above the foliage and thorny stems. A deciduous shrub or small tree, it is a hybrid between the cry-baby tree (Erythrina crista-galli) and Cherokee bean (E. herbacea). The original cross occurred in the 1840s at Camden Park just outside of Adelaide, Australia. Fireman's cap becomes an open, sparse tree with upright to arching branches. At the coldest end of its hardiness, where winters have subfreezing...
Barbara Beasley, US Forest Service
(Arizona Beehive, Arizona Spinystar, Bisquit Cactus, Showy Pincushion)
This genus of small cacti contains about 17 species often confused with those of Mamnillaria and Coryphantha because the two groups are quite similar in size and spination. They all originate in the same regions of the desert Southwest into northern Mexico with a single species found only in Cuba. Escobaria enjoys a much larger range extending northward into southern Canada.
The low growing globular plants occur alone or clustered, with stems becoming elongated with...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Mindanao Gum, Rainbow Gum)
King of the ornamental barks, rainbow gum lives up to its name with exfoliating strips of bark in an array of colors from green and blue to red, orange and brown. A tall, very fast-growing evergreen tree from southeastern Asia (eastern Indonesia to New Guinea and the Phlippines), is also bears wispy clusters of fragrant white blossoms that are adored by honeybees. It attains an upright form with a V-shape but gently rounded canopy.
The foliage and stems are fragrant when crushed as they are filled...
Michael Charters, www.calflora.net
(Silver Dollar Gumtree)
Its cool blue-green juvenile foliage and moderate size make this Southeast Australian native a popular choice for home landscapes. A medium-sized, upright, evergreen tree with somewhat ascending, often arching branches, it has round silvery leaves when young. More mature specimens bear oval gray-green leaves. Both types sometimes occur on the same tree, providing added visual interest. The aromatic, colorful foliage is popular in cut flower arrangements. Clusters of small white fuzzy flowers appear...
Michael Charters, www.calflora.net
(Silverleaf Mountain Gum)
Grown for its fine silvery green foliage and exceptional drought tolerance, silverleaf mountain gum is a tall, weak-stemmed shrub or small tree with a coarse, interesting habit. Its rounded, juvenile foliage is especially pretty and valued for fresh and dried arrangements. This Australian native was brought to California as an ornamental shrub and has since become naturalized across the San Francisco Bay area where it pops up in coastal plant communities and disturbed urban areas.
Silverleaf...
(Ironbark, Pink Flowered Ironbark)
One of the few eucalypts grown for it showy flowers as well as for its handsome bark and evergreen foliage, this medium-sized to large tree is native to coastal and inland areas of eastern Australia. Variable in habit, it has deep red-brown bark whose hardness earns it the name "ironwood". Younger branches have smooth gray bark. The flowers – which are among the largest of the genus – bloom heavily over a long season from winter into spring. Borne in showy pendulous red-stemmed clusters, the shaggy,...
