By Jennie47
I have just bought two flamboyant trees for my garden in the Canary Islands & am anxious to know how much water they need. They are obviously tiny at the moment, do they need more watering when they're little & how much in summer & winter months. I think they need less water in the winter, is this right. Would appreciate help. Thank you
10 Jun, 2013
Answers
The latin name of the flamboyant tree is Delonix Regia, it is part of the Fabaceae family
10 Jun, 2013
I just googled it, what a beautiful tree, no wonder its called flamboyant!
If you put delonix in the white search box top right it will take you to all the mentions on Goy
Bernieh is a goy member who lives in australia and has posted photos of them
10 Jun, 2013
Ok, thank you for that, interesting site with some lovely photos & info but still not sure about the watering requirements
10 Jun, 2013
I Jennie, I forgot to welcome you to Goy, you can look at all the previous mentions of the trees as I said before, there is lots of info there, later on some other goy members may see your question and be able to help. I,m sorry I can't answer your specific question just point you to where on here you may find the answer
10 Jun, 2013
I looked it up on wikipedia and it said they will tolerate drought and salt. Stunning tree though !!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_regia
10 Jun, 2013
Many thanks both of you. Yes, it is a very stunning tree & draught & salt toleration here in the Canaries has got to be a good thing! It doesn't rain much here so need to get the watering system just right - here's hoping
10 Jun, 2013
Hi Jennie and welcome to Goy what a stunning tree .
I could not answer either but just had to also say how stunning your tree is.
11 Jun, 2013
Maybe treat them like any young newly planted trees.?
11 Jun, 2013
Is that the common name of the trees?
Do you know the proper name
10 Jun, 2013