I have heard this called a Flamboyance Tree by some; but don't know its proper name. It truly is a beautiful, showy tree when in bloom. Some of them are totally covered in blossoms so that you can hardly see the leaves at all. Lovely; but a messy trees as it is always dropping tiny little leaflets.
Below:Bouganvillea and Plumeria.
I love this shady walkway.
Below: I have one of these plants, can't think of the name at the moment. Mine has only one main stem with babies starting to grow off of it. Maybe in time mine will get this big; although I doubt it as I keep removing the babies to start in other pots and mine is growing in a pot. Mine has grown a couple of feet in the last year and is about 5 feet tall right now. I had never seen the blooms until we saw this one the other day. Our landlady once told me that brides like to carry these flowers for their bouquets.
The blooms, our landlord says that they smell really nice; these were up so high we couldn't smell anything.
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Some thoughtful person was thinking of the future when they planted that walkway. What a great place to just stop and catch your breath.
The beautiful tree with the red flowers is called a Flamboyán in Spanish, Flamboyant in English, Latin is Delonix regia.
The spiky one with the white flowers is a Yuca in Spanish, Yucca in English, Latin is Yucca aloifolia marginata.
Beautiful pics...and that first tree, I think it is called Flamboyan...there is a Villa here with a tree like that in the front yard, and the villa is called Villa Flamboyan. Not that that proves anything, I guess. Ok, I'll be quiet now.
I noticed driving through Guaymas there are quite a few Flamboyance trees there. Not a one that I know of in San Carlos. They certainly do dress up a street!
Thanks all for the identifying.
Yucca, yah that is it, just couldn't think of the name of it when I was posting.
Bliss, if I remember correctly there are some Flamboyance trees in Totonaka RV Park.
I will enjoy all the variety of plants, it is the variety of insects that might bother me a bit.
Vic, yes it amazed us at first too to see all the "houseplants" growing outside. I will never forget the first time that I saw a HUGE rubber tree growing on the street. I was so used to all these things being houseplants.
There are not too many mosquitos, no-see-ums, scorpions here where we are; but there are more in San Carlos. They are still not that bad though. Dusk and dawn seem to be the worst times. Don't worry, even at their worst the mosquitos here are nothing like the ones in Canada.
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