Spring is in full sprung right in my very own back yard!
Erythrina Coralloides Blossoms
AKA Naked Coral Tree
A Hummingbird’s delight
This tree is native to Mexico and is very drought tolerant making it an excellent landscape tree for Southern California. It has a contorted sculptural growth habit giving it visual interest in the dormant season then bursts into blossom while still leafless giving it the common name of Naked Coral Tree. All other Coral Trees bloom in full foliage.
The hummingbirds are quite territorial and often have spats on and around this particular tree at this time of year. There were several creating chaos with me as I tried to snap a photo. They apparently love it’s nectar as they can often be seen inserting their beaks into the long tubular flowers. This tree blooms from late February into early May, at which time foliage will rapidly replace the flowers almost overnight.
Spring is renewal. Spring is life. Spring is resurrection. Spring is growth. Spring is a new beginning. Spring is fresh. Spring is exciting. Spring is gratifying. Spring is a blessing. Spring is hope.
What spring do you see outside your window at this very moment?
Fearsome Beard 
What a cool tree. I’m sure it’s not cold hardy. I see tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths, crocus, lilacs, and Daphne bushes blooming.
interesting flowers!
I have daffys, cherry blossoms, forsythia, tulips blooming. trees are getting their leaves. all the birdies are back. and my eyes/nose are suffering with allergies.
How lovely and the mere thought of hummingbirds having “spats” for some reason makes me smile. We had almost a week of 14c-18c then suddenly the cold has set in again. Things are peeping through the soil – some crocus – but have wisely decided that they’ve come out far enough for now. I’ve been told that is what spring is like here. Meanwhile I get to live it vicariously through you and others.
I’m in palm tree heaven, but I’ve seen hummingbirds visit them on my front porch.
Over the past week, every tree has leafed out, I see a sea of pale green.
Way too much in matters of allergens.