Very nice pictures Raman ji I have this tree in full blooms at present in front of my kitchen window. The flowers are liked by many many bird species.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 6:37 PM, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aILPMxbu3vI/T3ReXzTwsRI/AAAAAAAAAH8/UZAN1Brpmbs/s1600/Silver+Oak+Tree+-+Fruit.jpg> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e4MNTWrYEJk/T3RecEVzaeI/AAAAAAAAAII/V2nHsTtH1U8/s1600/Silver+Oak+Tree+-+Bud.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z3HnnWKXu_w/T3RehqXIyBI/AAAAAAAAAIU/pnIWlax1bNQ/s1600/Silver+Oak+Tree+-+Canopy.jpg> > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OiNCdfkJnI0/T3ReljX2TaI/AAAAAAAAAIg/icuKmt4qKmA/s1600/Silver+Oak+Tree+-+Leaf.jpg> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-il9fH7xvMc8/T3ReSGEDwZI/AAAAAAAAAHw/l2y563lnIaM/s1600/Silver+Oak+Tree+-+Flower.jpg> > Reaching a height of 75 feet or more with a 25-foot spread, Silver Oak is > pyramidal to oval in shape, eventually developing a few heavy horizontal > limbs and a thick trunk. It is a fast growing evergreen tree, between 18-35 > m tall with dark green delicately dented bipinnatifid leaves reminiscent of > a fern frond. These leaves are generally 15-30 cm long with silvery > undersides. Its flowers are golden-orange bottlebrush-like blooms, between > 8-15 cm long, in the spring, on a 2-3 cm long stem. A great quantity of > leaves fall in the spring immediately preceding the emergence of new growth > and leaves also fall sporadically throughout the year, creating quite a > litter problem to some people. Black, leathery seed capsules follow the > flowers. > > Raman > -- Dr Satish Phadke
