Psuedobombax ellipticum

[Stan]

At least 12 years old. Could in the 15 year range. As I became a better gardener,it became a show plant. What a coincidence.
Dormant right now.

[Jkwinston]

Stan, have you managed to get any blooms from this plant so far? I have come across some tiny seedlings with blooms, on the internet, which I thought was not possible. Jkw

[Stan]

No blooms. Maybe this year. Coaxing blooms out of fat plants seems harder than getting growth. I'm marginal in the summer heat is the cause.

[Geoff]

Mine bloomed yearly but in Tarzana (LA)... now that I'm up in the high desert, I think heat is not the problem, but perhaps lack of a 'warm' winter. Lives through winter in garage fine, but no more effort to flower, despite plenty of heat (move it in garage for about 3 months a year)

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[Stan]

It got nipped this year..but previous it was fine. I thought for sure it would flower last year..just foliage. I have a hard time getting heat needy plants to flower. I have a 5' P.lamerei that sent out a flower stalk..and it never made it to bloom when he had a frost the last week of December. That stalk had reached size in September..then stalled.

[Jkwinston]

It got nipped this year..but previous it was fine. I thought for sure it would flower last year..just foliage. I have a hard time getting heat needy plants to flower. I have a 5' P.lamerei that sent out a flower stalk..and it never made it to bloom when he had a frost the last week of December. That stalk had reached size in September..then stalled.

I suppose the small plants I saw with blooms were probably moved into a warm environment to produce the flowers. Or perhaps they were from a tropical climate anyway. Jkw

[Jkwinston]

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[Jkwinston]

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[Stan]

Well,you can compare to April and today's photo. Its really grown on Agaveville.

[Jkwinston]

Here are a few memories of Singapore.

Gardens By the Bay, Singapore

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Gardens By the Bay, Singapore

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Gardens By the Bay, Singapore

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