Can someone tell me the name of these trees? We see them all over Southern California. They’ll be an entry in our 100 Species Challenge after one of you IDs them for me.
Here’s another entry waiting in the wings: morning glories. These
are everywhere around here as lush groundcover and picturesque
fencecover. I know they can be invasive, but I love them, love them,
love them.
This next shot is almost one of the best pictures I ever took. If
only I hadn’t cut off its head. Drat it. I was snapping quickly, not
even sure I was in focus, certain my small subject was about to fly
away.
My online friend Helen takes amazing bird photos. And butterflies, and flowers, and western landscapes, and churches. My kids and I love to explore her website. I think her "year in the life of a butterfly bush" is my favorite page.
Morning has broken and I must run, but you know I can’t leave without including the obligatory napping child photo.
If I’m not mistaken, the trees are Italian Cypress. We’re in Southern California, too, and I’ve always thought they look funny. But they’re very popular as a privacy barrier.
I figured it was either a cypress or it could be “juniper tree” grown in a column … we had tons of these in the front yards in San Francisco … crashing into them on your bike was not painful, but messy!
The flowers are a type of morning glory — great ground cover! They should close up when it’s dark …
Hope that helps ….
It looks like Mediterranean Cypress, often called Italian Cypress – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupressus_sempervirens.