Genus: Erythrina

Thanks, Hywel!

It would be good to see a photo of the thorns.
We get lots of rain here - more than any other type of weather I think. I usually like the rain though. It makes me feel comfortable.
I like all your photos of trees. They're interesting.

The thorns are usually pretty large 1 inch long.

Hywel,

It doesn't rain enough here for it to be drops of water. LOL.
Seriously, we get so little rain here.

Those thorns must have been lethal looking

Yes, I first thought they were water droplets.
Looks odd, doesn't it.
Interesting picture.

Yes, that's a very attractive tree. :o)

At first I thought they were drops of water.

Beautiful flowers!

Yes, it does. I think they grind down the thorn tips or cut them...I'm not sure.

What an ususual sight. Looks like it has the pox.

Marguerite,

I'm surprised you don't have one in your garden...they are so widely grown in the tropics even though they have thorns.

Ooeps, I am not going to have one of those in my garden, evne though the flowers look devine.

Yes, the branches and the trunk are full of large thorns. Some species have fewer thorns than others.

Are the thorns all those bobbly bits I can see along every branch?
Look like they could do a lot of damage!

I must have missed this one when you posted it Andrew! What wonderful flowers

Great shrub/Tree except for the thorn's.

As far as I know these trees tend to grow in warm places such as South American countries, Australia and Hawaii. In Japan we have a different flower representing each prefecture (same as a county in England). The flower of Erythrina represents Okinawa which is the most southern prefecture in Japan. I guess it's probably too cold to grow these in England...

What a beautiful tree! I haven't heard of it before, does it only grow in Japan?