Red Horsechestnut, Red Horse Chestnut, Bottlebrush Buckeye 'Rosea' (Aesculus x

Red Horsechestnut, Red Horse Chestnut, Bottlebrush Buckeye 'Rosea'
Aesculus x carnea

Red Buckeye cultivar

That is gorgeous!

It sort of has a tropical feel to it doesn't it. Very few trees that flower in that coloration that are capable of handling this zone but this is certainly one of them.

Another one that looks tropical is mimosa. A lot of folks hate it because it can be invasive, but I really think it is lovely.

Count me in with the people who hate Mimosa. I've had to work with a few people who volunteered to start removing it from natural areas where it started taking over.

Mimosa is certainly pretty. Actually, it is one of the prettiest along with that Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) that was planted all over this area before they knew what a problem they were. Sure wish that Mimosa wasn't so harmfully invasive every where it sets root. Mimosa pigra and M. invisa are both on the Federal Noxious Weed list along with Tree of Heaven. They are really making progress removing it in some areas.

The Nature Conservancy has a web site where they discuss how to control these.

I was referring to Albizia julibrissin...I have several, but I have never had any volunteer seedlings. So I just read through the comments here at DG and learned that at the northern extreme of their range (where I garden), the seeds are often killed by winter cold. Lucky me!
Back to the Aesculus hybrid...someone in town has a tree like this and I may get up the nerve one day to ask for cuttings to root.
Thanks again for posting the lovely picture.

Oh oh oh! I talked to the man who owned that tree. I asked him if I could get up close to the tree on his property to take a photo. He was very nice. If you can't get a cutting from the tree you saw in town, let me know and I am sure he would allow me to have a few cuttings. It really was a striking tree and it stood out magnificently when I drove down that road.

Thanks, Lauren, but really that would be too much! I will probably be unsuccessful anyway...hardwood cuttings are quite difficult to root and I would hate for you to go to a lot of trouble. But thanks for the kind offer! (Besides, I have no idea where I would put another tree...no light here as it is. Maybe that is subliminally what I meant by "get up the nerve"...deciding which tree to cut down to make way for a new one, ha.)
Off the subject...I planted the jack in the pulpits down by the creek.
The one I dried turned an icky shade of yellow-brown and stuck to the paper towel, so it was disappointing. The shape was wonderful, though. I tore it trying to get it loose, so I finally just gave up and trashed it. Maybe I will try drying one in silica gel next time.

Not that I have ever dried a flower before other than when I was a Camp Fire Girl (oh dear... showing my age) but would pressing them in between wax paper help them from sticking? I can get you more Jacks to press next spring so don't fret.

As far as taking a cutting, the man has a large yard and is always outside fiddling with something. I am sure he wouldn't mind at all and he lives a few blocks away from the soccer field where our El Salvadorian soccer team practices so I drive a kid to that field 3x a week. Trust me, I'm bored out of my gourd and enjoy walking around with my camera anyway so it is not a big deal.

Oh yes... there is always space for another tree. You're just not looking hard enough. If all else fails, plant it on a neighbor's property. I do that all the time and planted persimmons, and pawpaws, as well as a few others tasties for cross pollination with what I have over here and my neighbors were absolutely thrilled. They even save spaces for me now. I know, I know, I know... but I can't help myself and I germinate an incredible amount of seed. They call me the plant lady now. I've got a bunch of hazelnuts and hickories for them this year. Come to think of it, I'm going to go and get a cutting for myself. My sister in law would love one of those and I like to play. Not exactly the best time to take a cutting but what the heck. My bad!

Go for it, Lauren!
Let me know if the cuttings root and I will give it a whirl maybe next year. We will be gone from home a lot this summer, so I am trying to minimize my plants in pots for this season.
I am supposed to be getting some chitalpa cuttings from Ladyanne in CA, but she still has not sent them. They are small trees that I might work in somewhere. We live "in the woods" and it is very overgrown and shady here except for my vegetable garden which gets sun from noon to 4 pm (worst time of day for direct sun!). A huge sycamore shades it all morning. But I love trees, and would rather have one big tree than all the flowers in the world.

I'm a tree person too. You should take a look at a Kentucky Coffeetree as well as an American Yellowwood. Neat trees that have spring blooms that seem to drip off the trees in the spring/ I think you will really like both of those.

I have neither, but I am familiar with both trees. I once saw a large limb of the yellowwood sawn in two...truly amazing color!

Gasp- large limb sawed in half. Great bark though, eh.

The limb was storm-felled from a VERY old tree at the Missouri Botanical Garden while I was working an internship there, and they sawed it up into slices. Wish I had asked for a piece. It was more yellow than fried egg yolks!
There are a few nice specimens of the yellowwood at Sam A Baker state park near me, and they are really striking when in bloom.

Yellower than fried egg yolks- great analogy. Yes, they are absolutely awesome when they are in bloom.