S. M. Garver - Jacksonville, Florida Scenes

Here are tree fruits and blooms in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Chinese tallow tree catkins (May 15, 2021)
[Amid sections of large pointed oval dark green leaves are sections of light green/yellow flowering stems which rise approximately six inches above the leaves. There are tiny flowers along the entire length of the stem. The image is a sea of leaves with these flowering stems rising above them.]

Pine cones starting to grow. (April 4, 2017)
[A branch coming out from some very long needles has one tiny pine cone at the top. About two inches below the top is a row of three pine cones growing from the branch.]

Mature baldcypress cones (July 3, 2020)
[A reddish-brown branch hangs from right to left with several smaller branches coming from it. Hanging down from the branches are many needle leaves (a stem with several dozen needles coming from it). On the branches are blue-green balls with some patches of red-brown. The blue-green sections have a slightly wrinkled appearance. The cones, which are spherical, are about 1.5-2 inches in diameter.]

Unknown tree blooms (October 30, 2016)
[A grouping of approximately 15 small white five-petaled flowers with each having approximately 10 brown-tipped white stamen coming from yellow centers at teh end of a bare tree branch.]

There are three different crape myrtle trees in this image. In the middle is a tree with white blooms. Beyond it is a tree lilac-pink blooms. A tree with red blooms is in the foreground. (July 14, 2023)
[The three trees overhang a wooden board fence which is the properly line for a neighborhood yard.]

White crape myrtle (June 18, 2022)
[A close view of a large group of white tiny flowers with multiple groupings of yellow-tipped stamen centers growing at the end of a branch.]

A very close view of white crape myrtle blooms (July 28, 2023)
[The many thin stamen with the round orange-yellow tips poke from the center of the curled white petals.]

Pink crape myrtle blooms (June 22, 2015 on left and June 21, 2020 on right)
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is a grouping of tiny, pink blooms with a few round globes that have not yet opened. In the background is a blurred branch with green leaves and another pink bunch. On the right is a close view of pink bloomes with yellow-tipped stamen centers embedded in the thick, dark green leaves of the tree. ]

Crape myrtle seeds (September 6, 2020)
[A close view of a group of olive green seed pods hanging at the end of a leafy branch. There are probably close to two dozen pods all equally spaced on their own stems.]

Red maple samaras appear before the leaves in spring and are what gives this tree the nickname redbuds. (February 26, 2016)
[At the end of the red maple branches before the leaves appear, these red wing-shaped seed pods grow from red stems. More than a dozen grow from the end of the tree branch endpoint on this image.]

Female blooms of eastern baccharis a.k.a. grounsel tree (January 16, 2019)
[The blooms of this plant resemble small wispy white brooms with purple weaving at the base. This image has four blooms at the end of a branch with green ovalate leaves. Two blooms are upright and adjacent to each other. The other two blooms are at right angles to the upright blooms and thus opposite each other.]

Magnolia flowers bloom in spring and early summer. (May 14, 2016)
[Amid the dark glossy leaves on the tree is one large many-petaled white flower. Some of the petals are raised upright around the center while the outermost petals lay flat against the leaves. These flowers are approximately 6-8 inches wide at their widest point.]

A close view and a distance view of a large magnolia flower (May 5, 2023)
[Two images spliced together. Amid yellowish-green leaves on the tree is one large white flower with a few petals horizontal to the ground and the rest fully upright and not yet unfolded. On the left is a close view of the very white flower. On the right is a zoomed out view and the main trunk of the tree is visible as is a house a bit away from the tree. ]

Magnolia fruit, a burr, in its early stage (August 6, 2015)
[A light-green cone comes out of the leaves. The surface of the cone looks soft/fuzzy and has thin, short dark pieces sticking out of it in a regular pattern across the surface.]

Magnolia burr matures to its red color. (August 12, 2022)
[A reddish-pink cone comes out of the leaves. Its sections are now longer than they were in the prior photo.]

The burr matures and the seeds begin to appear. (September 20, 2015)
[The cone is now a dark red color. While the surface still looks soft/fuzzy, there are two red seeds poking out of one spot on it.]

A mature burr with many visible seeds (August 11, 2015)
[The cone is now light brown and more than a dozen red seeds are coming from it.]

The spent burr (November 13, 2015)
[The cone is partially dried out and shriveled with no seeds attached to it.]

I believe this is possibly a magnolia variant. (October 16, 2023)
[Longer thin dark green leaves provide a backdrop for small white flowers at the end of brown branched stems.]

Some nutless Southern Live Oak acorns (December 26, 2016)
[Two acorns with their caps still attached to a branch are missing their nut portion. The caps are upward resempling small cups and are yellowish inside.]

Loblolly-bay tree with its many blooms. Loblolly-bay is an evergreen tree that grows 35-60 feet high. (June 21, 2020)
[View of the upper two thirds of a tree with dark green thick oval leaves and several dozen large white flowers against a clear blue sky background. The flowers are larger than the leaves so they are noticeably visible amid the greenery. ]

Close views of loblolly-bay flowers (June 21, 2020)

Golden rain tree - On the left are the pink seed pods. One the right are both the seed pods and the yellow flowers which precede them. (September 30, 2020 on left and October 29, 2020 on right)

A close view of pink seed pods of the Golden rain tree on a different tree (November 23, 2023)
[These rounded oblong three-dimensional seedpods are larger than the slimmer light-green leaves which are barely visible because there are so many pods in this area of the tree. The early morning sun is brightly lighting some of the left-most seed pods and leaves.]

Mimosa buds and blooms (June 6, 2022)
[Long, spiky pink bristles extend upward from small green globes. There are several grouping of green globes on the branches. Some have short stubs of bristles which are green at the based and red at the top. These are only about a tenth of the length of the fully open blooms. There are two sets of fully open blooms, but one has most of its bristles wilting downward rather than spiking upward.]

Mimosa seed pods at the top and blooms at the bottom (August 19, 2022)
[A branch hangs down from the main trunk. Near the trunk portion oare long flat light-green seed pods growing from the stems. Closer to the outer edges of the branch are where the pink and white spiky flowers are. There are lots of leaf branches around both the blooms and the seed pods.]

Mimosa tree new leaves (June 26, 2023)
[Coming out from between two fully developed and fully open leaf branches are two stems with tubular like structures which are the new folded leaves. It's as if they sprouted atop the existing branches.]

I have not yet identified this tree with its colorful blooms (June 6, 2022)
[Two photos spliced together. The image on the right is the close view of the green ballls and one orange-red flower growing on the tree with its large oval leaves. The orange bloom is spherical with what appear to be orange spiral petals extending from the center ball. There is some yellow at the edges closest to the sphere while the tips are brighter.]

Sycamore tree seed pod (December 3, 2014)
[A spherical brown ball hangs from the end of a branch. This was taken at night so the pod is lit from the camera flash. The rough surface of the pod is visible.]

In spring the pods open. (March 13, 2016)
[The spherical brown balls now have some parts which are light brown and fluffy. There are two pods in the image and the one on the left still mostly resembles the one in the prior photo since only a small part at the top is fluffy. The pod on the right has the entire top half fluffy as if it was a light brown cotton ball. The lower half of the pod on the right still has the rough nubbies.]

Hoping to determine what this is as the season progresses. (June 21, 2020)
[The fruits on this tree are grouped together as small hard green spheres each on their own stem, but all coming from a singular point. The leaves are much larger than the fruit and are oval shape going to a pointed tip with a vein down the center and veins extending outward to the smooth leaf edges.]

Date palm flowers (July 19, 2022)
[Growing from behind a hedge is a tree with branches of very long thin dark green spike-like leaves. At the base of the start of the leaf growth is a branch with cream-colored strings with flowers. It appears this has opened from a shell of sorts because there is a long thin upright stiff section of the plant just behind the drooping strings.]

Here is a closer view of the date palm flowers. (July 19, 2022)

Date palm flowers and the subsequent "leaves" produced (September 18 and 26, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is a front view of the cream-colored blooming strands. On the right is the same branch eight days later and each strand is now thin and light green as if it is the start of new palm leaves. ]

Date palm flowers and the subsequent "leaves" produced (September 13 and 21, 2024)
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is a front view of the cream-colored blooming strands as seen above the hedges. On the right is the same branch eight days later and each strand is now thin and light green as if it is the start of new palm leaves. ]

The "leaves" continue to develop. Here is the branch two weeks later. (October 4, 2024)
[A close view of just the branch shows the gree and beige coloring. Each future palm strand is a spirally extension from the base. ]

The fruits of a different type of palm tree hanging from two different trees (October 21, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together.Both images have palm fronds hanging down and on the outer edge is grouping of light brown berries that are like a cloud hanging down from the tree. The photo on the left is a thicker

A new-to-me camera meant I was able to get a closer view of these palm fruits. (November 23, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together. The left image is a view of the leaf fronts and the dangling berry masses. The image on the right is a close view of the berry masses. The berries are firm, round and a bluish color. ]

Spanish moss (September 20, 2015)
[A swatch of just moss fills the image. It's light grey in color and full of bends and twists making it seem like it will feel prickly.]

Individual strands of Spanish moss (September 20, 2015)
[Just a couple of strands hang in the image. A main stem or pieces is not visible. There are a lot of branches that seem to come from other branches so this is entwined within itself.]

Very close view of Spanish moss (March 3, 2016) This photo was taken during warm weather so while the white stuff may look like frost, it is not.
[Each individual strand of the moss is a greenish color with what appears to be thin white hairs all along the strand. The white stuff looks similar to ice crystals on greenery in the winter, but this photo was taken during warm weather.]

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