The Garden Community for Garden Lovers

Spathodea campanulata ‘aurea’ - Golden African Tulip Tree


Spathodea campanulata ‘aurea’ - Golden African Tulip Tree

This Golden African Tulip is by the Realization Garden in Encinitas, San Diego County. Taken Sept 2, 2020.



Comments on this photo

 

Its a lovely shape not to big either great deep green with those vibrant orange flowers setting it all off.

4 Sep, 2020

 

The flowers are golden-yellow. There’s the common orange-red African Tulip tree.

This tree is grafted, so it doesn’t grow as tall as the orange-red one.

5 Sep, 2020

 

Love this! What a beautiful tree - love the shape, the colour and the blooms.

5 Sep, 2020

 

😄 I must be colour blind they flowers are a lovely colour any way. Interesting its grafted I wonder does it revert back and have yo be pruned if any of it reverts back.

5 Sep, 2020

 

It would, if it grows below the graft. I want to grow one from a cutting. I’ve started many cuttings from my red-orange African Tulip tree.

This variety can grow 30 - 40 ft. tall

8 Sep, 2020

 

Ahrr right . That would be interesting if you could get one to grow from a cutting. I hope you have success with it .
your cuttings sound interesting Andy how long before you would ut take to get flowers from your cuttings of your orange red Africain Tulip tree.

13 Sep, 2020

 

The cuttings typically bloom when very small (within a year). My tree in the ground bloomed when it was only 18” tall. It probably wasn’t even a year old. It’s extremely floriferous! It actually flowered for almost 4 straight years, which I had never seen any African Tulip tree do!

14 Sep, 2020

 

Thats brilliant they flower so young

It must love the conditions the one you have in the ground to flower so long you must be doing some thing right.

14 Sep, 2020

 

It was during the 7 year drought, even though this tree isn’t drought tolerant.

My tree is blooming again even though it’s molting. My tree molts every September. They’re all on different cycles. What’s so strange is that trees can be right next to each other and one can be full of leaves and flowering and the other molting. Very strange!

16 Sep, 2020

 

How strange it must send its roots down and found some water.

Thats great its blooming again I ve had several plants reblooming I put it down to the warm weather we ve had this year.

That os odd being next to each other yet some are molting but others full of leaves do you think it ciukd be one is getting more water than the ine next to it.

17 Sep, 2020



Comment on this photo


Pictures by Delonix1
6086 of 6671

What else?

Members who like this photo

  • Gardening with friends since
    20 Jan, 2014

  • Gardening with friends since
    2 Feb, 2019