This fast growing tree flowers at night and sheds flowers early in the morning. The name Millingtonia comes from Thomas Millington, an English botanist, while hortensis means “grown in gardens”. The tree is a favorite garden tree. It is also called the Cork Tree, as an inferior cork is processed from its corky bark.
The glory of Colville is a beautiful, large tree from Madagascar with large pinnate leaves and very conspicuous cylindrical or cone-shaped clusters of bright orange flowers.
Jacaranda Mimosifolia is commonly known as Mimosa Jacarnanda and it is an ornamental tree. Flowers are clusters of purple, fragrant, trumpet-shaped blossoms. There are also varieties available with white blossoms.
Ficus trees are a common plant in the home and office, mainly due to the fact that they look like a typical tree with a single trunk and a spreading canopy.
