Gardening Trees

Mexican Cypress Tree

Other common names are Montezuma cypress, Montezuma Bald cypress.  The botanical name is Taxodium mucronatum and belongs to Cupressaceae (Cypress)…

American Tulip Tree – Tulip Tree – Tulip Poplar Tree – Yellow Poplar Tree

As we drove from the airport to home, I saw these beautiful tall trees with painted flowers.

Badminton Ball Tree – African Locust Tree – Gong-stick Tree

The other common names of Badminton Ball Tree are African locust tree, Gong-stick tree. In Kannada, it is known as…

Arjuna Tree

The name Arjuna conjures up the image of the Pandava brother Arjuna with bow and arrow riding on the chariot…

Saraca Asoca – Ashoka Tree

The flowers of Ashoka tree are used to worship gods in South Canara district of Karnataka. This pretty tree is…