The Royal Poinciana or Flame tree

 

The Royal Poinciana or Flame tree is such a beautiful ornamental element in a green garden. The red flowers create such a contrast, as seen in the pictures, one feels invited to be around or below the red tree. I took these pictures in last July, at the Fullerton Arboretum, California. All pictures from my personal archives, 2021.

From Wikipedia: 

"Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange-red flowers over summer. In many tropical parts of the world it is grown as an ornamental tree and in English it is given the name royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame of the forest, or flame tree (one of several species given this name)."

Keep on reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_regia

Rocks of the Secret Garden

 

I'm sharing here some rocks arrangements in our local Secret Garden, of the Huntington Beach Central Park. All done by volunteers.

The first picture, this is like a river of rocks, though I have never seen it flooded it is a beautiful organic design.

On a more typical design, the flat rocks are located as paths edges. It is interesting to see how the plants invade the path at the intersection. Flat rocks piled up together are creating a planter at the end of the perspective.

In the last two pictures above, we see the river rocks scattered in a more casual design. When the Pinwheel flowers are in full bloom, the planters look really beautiful and of course, full of butterflies.  

All pictures belong to Myriam Mahiques, from my personal archives, June 2021.