“I am in awe of flowers. Not because of their colors, but because even though they have dirt in their roots, they still grow. They still bloom.” – D. Antoinette Foy
Temple Tree also knows as Frangipani or Plumeria would be one of the first few trees I have known and learnt to recognize. We had one right outside my grandparents’ house and its blooms would fall in our garden. I would pick up the flower, pluck petals one after the other and soak in the fragrance as a kid.
Then a few years ago, I bought a small one in a pot and I loved having it at home. But lack of sunlight and care killed it. I do think one day, I will get another and have it in my balcony which now gets sufficient light.
Until then, I am happy to enjoy when I spot one outdoors.
Thursday Tree love is a photo feature hosted on this blog on every 2nd and 4th Thursday of a month. The next edition will go live on August 26, 2021. If you would like to play along, post a picture of a tree on your blog, tell me where did you spot the tree and link it back to this post.
If you don’t see the pingback, please leave a link to your post in my comments section. Please make sure that your post’s link is showing up on this latest edition. I will link your posts on my blog in the next edition and spread some love. Let’s come together to appreciate the beautiful nature around us.
Before you go, don’t forget to check the lovely trees shared on #ThursdayTreeLove – 111:
- Shama joins with a tree from her part of the world in the United States
- Archana joins with a bonsai Fukien Tea tree from her home in Pune, India
- Teresa joins with Eucalyptus trees from Melbourne, Australia
- Angela shares a tree from her campus in Telengana, India
- JoAnna joins with a live Oak tree in southeastern North Carolina, US
- Jayanthy joins with a blooming tree from Caludon Castle Park in Coventry, England
- Siobhan joins with the biggest Ponderosa Pine tree from LaPine State Park, in Oregon, US
- Lin joins with a Eucalyptus tree from Chester-le-Street in County Durham, England
- Chandra joins with fractals and trees from her part of the world
- Liz joins with trees from Del Norte in California, US
- Esha shares a centuries old Milkwood tree from her trip to South Africa
- Traci joins with trees, mushrooms and shots from her Durham, NH yard in the United States
- Mali shares trees from her drive through New Zealand’s southern temperate rain forests
- Anjana shares a tree from near her house in the United States
- Arvind joins with Salai Guggul Tree from the Aravali Hills in Rajasthan, India
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That’s a lovely tree. Iam very bad at recognizing trees and names.
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Thanks Ramya! I think I have learnt over time. Some were too beautiful to forget 🙂
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Loved the tree and the quote; have seen these trees in the campus, the beautiful white flowers are the treat for the eye. Here’s my link :https://livealifeofgratitude.blogspot.com/2021/08/107-thursday-tree-love.html
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Thanks Angela. Yes these are commonly found.
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I love the Plumerias! They are common in Pune so one can enjoy their beauty almost everywhere. Here is my tree https://yenforblue.com/2021/08/12/uncommon-beauty-thursdaytreelove/
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Yes! Thanks Archana!
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Common tree found in Pune and beautiful too.. Here is mine – https://ramyatantry.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/tilted-and-strongest/
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Yes, Ramya! Thank you!
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Loved the tree. For this week: https://myhandicraftscollection.blogspot.com/2021/08/tree-love-walking-by-woods.html
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Thanks Shama!
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I have never knowingly seen this tree, or smelled its fragrance. I like to think of dirt as a lifegiver, and sometimes, as part of a historic site, I am amazed that people will travel miles just to be able to walk on it. Here’s my post, about a tree that witnessed music history in 1969: https://ramblinwitham.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-message-tree-thursdaytreelove.html
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What a perspective that is Alana. Thanks for sharing with us.
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I love these flowers too. Its beautiful too see. It comes in other colours too. Here is my entry for this edition https://shilpanairy.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/gulmohar-tree-thursdaytreelove/
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Yes, Shilpa! It’s lovely in pink too. Thank you!
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Temple tree is a fitting name for this tree. It looks like it’s reaching to heaven. The leaves reminde me of magnolia leaves, though the flowers are much more delicate. Very beautiful! Here’s my next tree love: https://joannaoftheforest.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/thursdaytree-love-parking-lot-tree-with-a-v/
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Thanks JoAnna!
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I don’t think I’ve seen one of those lovely trees.
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This one Lin is common in Asia – maybe a native?
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I love flowering trees!
Here is mine https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2021/08/13/the-wollemi-pine/
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I love them too, Teresa!
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I have some pics of frangipani from a trip to Senegal many moons ago. It was my first time seeing them. I’ll have to dig up the photos. Here’s my offering: https://iamchandralynn.com/2021/08/12/thursdaytreelove-look-up/
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I would love to see your pics, Chandra!
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It’s one of my favourite trees and also my daughter’s. I love the gentle fragrance of its flowers.
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Mine too 🙂
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https://onemillionphotographs.com/2021/08/13/38301-remains-of-last-summers-forest-fires-hiking-cape-horn-in-washington-state/
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Thanks Liz!
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I too love trees growing in the vicinity of our home in Chicago
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With trees around. it feels like home.
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The Plumeria is so lovely! We too have a couple on our apartment and i love the fragrance of the pretty blooms that come every once in a while. That memory your shared is so precious, Parul. So much to love about the trees around us, right? So grateful that we have a variety of them in Bangalore to admire and enjoy.
Sharing my tree post today—its from one of our travels a couple of years ago.
https://mysoultalks.com/tree-silhouettes/
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So true, Esha!
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Beautiful tree and even more beautiful memory, Parul! I hope it is someday soon that you have a Temple Tree of your very own, but in the meantime thank you for sharing the loveliness with everyone.
As usual, while I managed to post on the day, I completely spaced sharing it here until now…
https://www.traciyork.com/in-memory-of-a-tree-branch-for-parul2411s-thursdaytreelove-and-featuring-some-feathered-friends/
See you on the 26th!
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I loved your post, Traci. Thank you so much for joining.
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https://onemillionphotographs.com/2021/08/23/38579-thursday-trees-at-lemolo-falls-oregon/
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Thanks Liz! Not sure if you got my comment.
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