"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 13/10/06 11:34, in article ,
"Janet Baraclough" wrote:

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On 13/10/06 09:30, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:

Do you mean the Kapok trees? Chorisia speciosa

That's it! Thank you. A lot of them were in flower while we were
there and
several were going over, so their flowering period must be long and
staggered. They're really beautiful.

Later in the year, the seed pods open , looking exactly like big
lumps of cotton wool.

Don't remember any of those, so we must have seen the 'going over' ones
just
before that.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

The green pods were just starting to split when we were there so you only
just missed them.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea