The large, fast-growing tree is from Central and South America. Ice Cream Bean grows on trees and is known for its cotton candy-like texture and subtle sweet flavor. It almost melts in your mouth when you suck on it.
The tree also offers beans and white and yellow pom-pom flowers seen at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
Ice Cream Bean Tree Flower
Ice Cream Bean Tree Puffy White Flower
The candelabra tree at Fullerton Botanical Garden can grow to 30-40 feet (10 m) tall. The branches all grow from one trunk and look like little cacti near the top, giving it the shape of a candelabrum. It has little yellow flowers in mid-winter.
Candelabra Tree
Although it is grown in Fullerton Botanical Garden, it is found in the Pampas grasslands of South America, where it is a tree called the Ombu. It is the only tree-like plant that lives on the Pampas because it does not require much water to survive. The Ombu can be found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Ombu Tree
Ombu Sign
This tree-sized succulent, at Fullerton Botanical Garden, is a member of the agave family and is named for the long, delicate leaves that drape over the branches, giving it a “ponytail” effect.
Ponytail Palm Tree
Ponytail Palm
From colorful flowers at Fullerton Botanical Garden, we move to the beauty of desert trees and plants.
In 1954, the State of Arizona named the Palo Verde as its State Tree. The legislature did not distinguish between the two species of this tree that are native to the State; therefore, both the highly contrasting Foothill and the Blue share the honor. The dry desert adapted Foothill Palo Verde shown below is very common (>95%) compared to the desert wash-adapted Blue Palo Verde
Palo Verde Tree
Yorba Linda Regional Park is forested and here are tree reflections
Tree Reflections at Yorba Linda Regional Park
A side view of Duke Chapel with blooming Cherry Blossom trees
Duke Chapel Side View
Sunburst through the tree at Harbour Town Marina
Sun at Harbour Town
Diverse cloud patterns in the blue sky over leafless trees form an interesting composition
Cloud Patterns
A burl is a dense, knotty outgrowth from a tree, a type of callus tissue formed in response to damage (like fire, insect, or fungal attacks) or environmental stress. Although a burl is a form of tree damage, it looks like an interesting natural design.
Burl on a Tree Trunk
Moss forming on a tree trunk creates a simple, but artistic image
Texture of Moss
If you closely observe tree trunks, you see naturally created artistic designs
Oak Tree Trunk Designs
Palm Tree Trunk
Trunk of a Sequoia
Greenery on a tree trunk conveys its desire to grow, creating a naturally designed image that reflects it.
Zeal to Grow
One could normally say this is merely a fallen tree, but if you use your imagination, it looks like a natural wooden sculpture
Roots Like a Sculpture
Art of nature – if you visualize, you can see a face with two eyes, a nose, and an open mouth in this tree trunk.
Tree Face
Walking around in nature with an open photographic mind, one can capture images that can be visualized as designs.
Here are simple photos of bark on tree trunks that display natural designs.
Tree Bark Designs
Tree Bark
An unusual, but 300-million-year-old fossil sculpture (with a description) framing the tree and its reflection at the Sculpture Celebration in Lenoir, North Carolina
Catepillaserious – by Mike Helbing
Catepillaserious
Two tree trunks at Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, make a natural frame for viewing the green grass
Looking through at Tree Trunks at Chapultepec Park
Spring is a time to grow. The Yoshino Cherry is one of the showiest Flowering Cherry trees. The flowers bloom before the foliage appears, an abundance of delicate white to pink flowers. Here is an image of the tree beginning to grow blossoms.
Spring Growth
Starting to Grow
Japanese camellia is an evergreen woody shrub or small tree in the Theaceae (tea) family. Native to China, Korea, and parts of Japan, it has become a southern gardening favorite.
Bunch of Flowers
Japanese Camellia Trio