Pyrus kawakamii. Chinese Evergreen pear. In bloom all over Santa Barbara right now. You can tell they're really happy with all of the recent rain we've had. Pretty spectacular display.
These trees, Pyrus kawakamii and Pyrus calleryana are natives to China, Viet Nam + Taiwan + are definitely doing their spring thing right now! An especially dramatic display is at the YMCA on Hitchcock. They were a popular landscape tree in the '60s, having been promoted by Lady Bird Johnson, but have fallen out of favor, as they can be invasive + do not attract native pollinators. --->A very interesting + fun-to-use plant and animal ID app is www.iNaturalist.org, maintained by the National Geographic Society!
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Feb 06, 2023 02:53 PMuh....www.google.com would give you that answer...
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Feb 06, 2023 03:01 PMThanks for narrowing that right down Zero.
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Feb 06, 2023 03:22 PMPretty sure it's this:
https://sbbeautiful.org/the-evergreen-pear/
They're on my street. Scraggly but blooming, amazingly.
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Feb 06, 2023 06:17 PMPyrus kawakamii. Chinese Evergreen pear. In bloom all over Santa Barbara right now. You can tell they're really happy with all of the recent rain we've had. Pretty spectacular display.
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Feb 07, 2023 07:28 AMThey are blooming well this year because we had some frosty days late fall and early winter.
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Feb 06, 2023 09:22 PMSneezus sneezii
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Feb 07, 2023 06:46 AMThese trees, Pyrus kawakamii and Pyrus calleryana are natives to China, Viet Nam + Taiwan + are definitely doing their spring thing right now! An especially dramatic display is at the YMCA on Hitchcock. They were a popular landscape tree in the '60s, having been promoted by Lady Bird Johnson, but have fallen out of favor, as they can be invasive + do not attract native pollinators. --->A very interesting + fun-to-use plant and animal ID app is www.iNaturalist.org, maintained by the National Geographic Society!