Comments on: Mystery Flower http://www.greenkri.com/889 Kri's Home Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kari http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51435 Kari Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:20:21 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51435 <p>Yup...definitely a redbud. I teach people about plants so I have had to learn to identify plants from pictures over and over. :) Early spring bloomer with heart shaped leaves. Can be an understory plant that can handle some shade. Typically stays small as well.</p> Yup…definitely a redbud. I teach people about plants so I have had to learn to identify plants from pictures over and over. :) Early spring bloomer with heart shaped leaves. Can be an understory plant that can handle some shade. Typically stays small as well.

]]> By: robert http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51222 robert Wed, 14 May 2008 23:32:17 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51222 <p>It appears to be a crab apple tree. What time of the year was the pic taken?</p> It appears to be a crab apple tree. What time of the year was the pic taken?

]]> By: Natalie http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51182 Natalie Sat, 10 May 2008 17:49:35 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51182 <p>Sorry dad but this one is not the tulip tree :P . The tulip tree flowers are quite a bit larger. This is definitely the redbud which you have seen just as much or more than the tulip tree. The redbud comes in shades of lighter pink to deeper purple.</p> Sorry dad but this one is not the tulip tree :P . The tulip tree flowers are quite a bit larger. This is definitely the redbud which you have seen just as much or more than the tulip tree. The redbud comes in shades of lighter pink to deeper purple.

]]> By: Tom Doe http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51180 Tom Doe Sat, 10 May 2008 17:26:15 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51180 <p>I have seen this type of tree often and I think I have the name: These are among the first flowers of the spring.</p> <p>Tulip Tree - Japanese Magnolia, Purple flowers that look just like Tulips are produced in abundance at the tips of the branches before new foliage emerges. Truly outstanding! Can be grown as a shrub or small tree.</p> <p>Another possible choice: Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia soulangiana, This widely planted ornamental tree is a hybrid of two Chinese magnolias, the Yulan Magnolia and the Lily Magnolia. The Saucer Magnolia is smaller than our native.</p> <p>In any event the tree is very nice to look at. I should think of getting one for my yard. Maybe next year.</p> I have seen this type of tree often and I think I have the name: These are among the first flowers of the spring.

Tulip Tree - Japanese Magnolia, Purple flowers that look just like Tulips are produced in abundance at the tips of the branches before new foliage emerges. Truly outstanding! Can be grown as a shrub or small tree.

Another possible choice:
Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia soulangiana, This widely planted ornamental tree is a hybrid of two Chinese magnolias, the Yulan Magnolia and the Lily Magnolia. The Saucer Magnolia is smaller than our native.

In any event the tree is very nice to look at. I should think of getting one for my yard. Maybe next year.

]]> By: Beth http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51171 Beth Fri, 09 May 2008 20:51:15 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51171 <p>Oh yeah, it is definitively the Redbud. The three petal thing is a dead ringer.</p> Oh yeah, it is definitively the Redbud. The three petal thing is a dead ringer.

]]> By: Kri http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51170 Kri Fri, 09 May 2008 18:15:23 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51170 <p>The flowers look really similar, but I think what convinces me is the shape of the trees in some of the pictures I've seen of the Redbud. I didn't take any pictures of the whole tree, but on google images that's a lot of what we saw.</p> The flowers look really similar, but I think what convinces me is the shape of the trees in some of the pictures I’ve seen of the Redbud. I didn’t take any pictures of the whole tree, but on google images that’s a lot of what we saw.

]]> By: Beth http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51169 Beth Fri, 09 May 2008 17:48:46 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51169 <p>Yeah - strange. It wouldn't let me post a pic, so here is the link: http://flickr.com/photos/astarwithin/2332271966/</p> Yeah - strange. It wouldn’t let me post a pic, so here is the link: http://flickr.com/photos/astarwithin/2332271966/

]]> By: Kri http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51168 Kri Fri, 09 May 2008 17:44:03 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51168 <p>I don't understand that. If you've been approved before, it shouldn't mark you as spam.</p> I don’t understand that. If you’ve been approved before, it shouldn’t mark you as spam.

]]> By: Beth http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51167 Beth Fri, 09 May 2008 17:41:48 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51167 <p>Ok, it's moderating all my posts :(</p> Ok, it’s moderating all my posts :(

]]> By: Beth http://www.greenkri.com/889#comment-51166 Beth Fri, 09 May 2008 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=889#comment-51166 <p>Yeah, that's pretty similar! I tried posting a pic of a tree I saw in Texas, but I think it moderated it.</p> Yeah, that’s pretty similar! I tried posting a pic of a tree I saw in Texas, but I think it moderated it.

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