Carol DM
I wrote about my Smoke Tree yesterday, you can find the post here if you missed it: Smoke Sky
Many of you asked about it and were not that familiar with it. I took a couple more photos to show you the entire tree and the blooms. They are not like regular blooms on a tree, I have never seen anything like it. I guess this is why it is called a smoke tree. The blooms look like puffs of smoke. Very cool.
The smoketree is a native of Eurasia and has long been a favorite shrub or small tree for garden plantings, along property lines and along the borders of landscaped areas. It was introduced into America as early as 1656 and was commonly available in nurseries by 1790. It is a species with many names including smokebush, European smoketree, cloud tree, wig tree, mist tree and Jupiter’s beard. The tree is in the Mango/Cashew family. Here is the entire tree. It grows beside my porch and has to be trimmed or it would grow well over the roof in one season. A great fast growing tree and it comes back every years, love those perennials.
Photos ©CarolDM2018
365 Photos Challenge Day 204
it looks pretty alien except for the leaves
I didnt think I commented on this one, so if you see a downvote it should be an upvote It seems to have taken it as an upvote. Let me know if you get a notification about a downvote, then I will fix it.
You are fine, sorry so late in seeing your comment.
I’ve never seen this tree before that I know of, but I might not have noticed it because it wasn’t one I recognized. I mean I notice trees I recognize when I go out walking, and sometimes just pass by the ones I don’t. Now I’m going to look for the post you wrote about this before this one.
Almost one year late in seeing your comment Barb, sorry! I love this tree.
Thanks, I love it as it comes back each year.
Very cool…that’s great to know about the tree. great photos too!
Thanks, I always look forward to this one each year.
The tree has a unique flower that is opposite to the size of its leaves.
Yes it does and I love that uniqueness. I like being different and apparently like my garden the same. 🙂
It is good to be different not because we merely want to be different but because we are aware of all our uniqueness.
Another beautiful post, the tree looks very nice
Thank you Branka, I appreciate you.
Wow, that really is fascinating, Carol. I would love to learn more about things in your yard!
Thank you Ann. I am posting as quickly as I can without getting everybody sick of “my yard”. 🙂 Appreciate your support.
I actually have posted about other flowers and trees in the past. Will do more.
I always enjoy your post.
Thank you my dear friend. I love posting about the beauty around me.