Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Family Fabaceae (pea family)

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
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Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Family Fabaceae (pea family)

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Family Fabaceae (pea family)

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Family Fabaceae (pea family)

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Family Fabaceae (pea family)

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa
Family Bignoniaceae     Native to eastern United States.
This is a late blooming tree.  Only a few trees, most of them Asian imports, bloom later in the season.  This year, catalpas were in full bloom by the third week in May in Toledo, Ohio.  But at the end of May they were just beginning to bloom in Ann Arbor.

Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 29, 2012
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Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa
Family Bignoniaceae     Native to eastern United States.

You can see unopened buds in this shot.
This is a late blooming tree.  Only a few species of trees, most of them Asian imports, bloom later in the season.  This year, catalpas were in full bloom by the third week in May in Toledo, Ohio.  But at the end of May they were just beginning to bloom in Ann Arbor.

Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 29, 2012
(nex5n)
Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa
Family Bignoniaceae     Native to eastern United States.


You can see unopened buds in this shot.
This is a late blooming tree.  Only a few species of trees, most of them Asian imports, bloom later in the season.  This year, catalpas were in full bloom by the third week in May in Toledo, Ohio.  But at the end of May they were just beginning to bloom in Ann Arbor.

Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 29, 2012
(nex5n)
Aesculus 01 10-2012
Common horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum
Family Sapindaceae (recent assignment)     Native to North America
This is a tree that can reach noble proportions.  Even so, the candelabra of cream colored blossoms that typically cover the tree when in bloom aren't really very showy.

Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 4, 2012
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Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Family Fabaceae (pea family)

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Family Fabaceae (pea family)

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Family Fabaceae (pea family)

Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
June 3, 2012
(nex5n)
See photo in original gallery.