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Golden gate park, San-Francisco, California

The beaked Stewartia is a deciduous, ornamental, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. The plant may reach a height of 13 to 33 feet tall and 8 to 13 feet wide. White Camellia-like blooms appear from May to July, and the red woody beaked capsule fruits appear in September. The bark has furrows and ridges, and unlike the Chinese Stewartia, it does not peel. The plant is a member of the Theaceae family and is related to the Camellia. This low-maintenance plant is grown for its ornamental value.

Sparmannia africana, Phoenix park, Nice : Maritime Alps

Tea tree blossom in Fujian province, China

$Beautiful Tibouchina mutalilis flowers in shades ranging from white to purple, very beautiful. The jacatirão (trichopoda Tibouchina) is a pioneering Brazilian tree from the Atlantic Forest, which occurs in restingas and closed forests along the coast. also known as manacá-serra. Like other Tibouchinas, seed dispersal is anemochoric.\nPhoto taken in Campo Alegre – Santa Catarina – Brazil.$

Flowers, plants and trees in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa,

The leatherwood is endemic to Tasmania, Australia and is found in the wetter forest regions throughout the western part of the state. Leatherwood is the single most important nectar plant in Tasmania, accounting for about 70 per cent of all honey produced.

Camellia sasanqua, also known as sasanqua camellia, is a species of camellia native to Japan. It is densely branched, evergreen shrub and has attractive, dark green foliage with its white to red, 6-8 petaled, mildly aromatic flowers which are in bloom from autumn to early winter (November to January). Each flower has a central mass of bright yellow-anther stamens.

Foliage in the San Francisco Botanical Garden

Vertical closeup photo of lemon scented green leaves, white flowers and buds growing on a native Australian Lemon Myrtle tree in Summer. Ulladulla, south coast NSW in Summer.

This vast park stretches along San Francisco's western fringe, where it meets the Pacific Ocean in the form of Ocean Beach

Mountain laurel thicket in subdued light, deep in the woods of Mount Tom State Park in Connecticut. An evergreen shrub in the heath family, mountain laurel is Connecticut's and Pennsylvania's state flower, and Mount Tom is one of the oldest Connecticut state parks. Sometimes these shrubs form impenetrable thickets. In New England, mountain laurel blooms in June.

In Kirstenbosch, famous botanical garden in Cape Town, I found this unique plant. Here you see the plant with his fruits instead of his flowers This strange, grey, woody eggs are waiting for someone to eat them, par example an elephant. After chewing and swallowing the seeds will come back in the soil and form new plants Here they cut them and plant the seeds.

$Iju flowers are neat white flowers that resemble the Shara tree (Japanese camellia), and the way they bloom covering the tree is a sight to behold.\nBecause the best time to see them is from May to June, they are also called ``flowers of the rainy season'' or ``flowers that herald the arrival of the rainy season.''$

Iju (Scientific name: Schima liukiuensis), native to Okinawa and the Amami islands, Japan, is an evergreen tree in the family Theaceae. The leaves are oblong and glossy, centering at the ends of branches. It produces five-pedaled white flowers in spring, with numerous yellow stamens, with fruits being produced in autumn.

Enkianthus perulatus tree and flowers. Ericaceae deciduous shrub. Bell-shaped flowers bloom in spring.

The stunning Botanical Gardens of Funchal

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