Most trees known as silk floss bear large pink or white flowers in autumn and winter ... Up to 10 feet tall, this shrubby plant, called purple firespike, bears tubular lavender or magenta blossoms ...

Q When I was in L.A. visiting friends recently, I saw several silk floss trees covered with flowers. Remembering that the Ruth Bancroft Garden has one as well, I expected to find it flowering ...

The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish (or purplish) hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now. The broad ...

I should have known; it’s time for silk floss trees to put on their annual ... long and is often serrate or toothed. Spectacular flowers appear in fall and winter in South and Central ...

Curious gardeners want to know: Is that wondrous tree from Brazil called silk floss – or floss silk ... Now for those spectacular flowers: They’re large, eye-catching blooms that range ...