Quaking Aspen - Populus tremuloides

Populus tremuloides - Quaking Aspen

The Quaking Aspen Tree

The Quaking Aspen Tree

This Quaking Aspen tree lives at the Botanical Gardens Of Asheville. 

Rebecca

The Coconut Palm - Cocos nucifera

Coconut Palm



The Coconut Palm Tree.  Photo by Robert Priddy

This amazing Coconut Palm tree lives in Curacao.

Rebecca

Crape Myrtle - Lagerstroemia

The Crape Myrtle

The Crape Myrtle in the Summer

Rebecca

The Dogwood Tree - Imagine Forgivenss

The Spring Dogwood Tree in April

The spring dogwood is in full bloom today. This tree is so beautiful. 

When I visited the winter Dogwood in January, the tree spoke to me of imagination.

When I visited the spring Dogwood in April, the tree spoke to me of forgiveness.

When I combine these words it is - imagine forgiveness. Imagine how the world would be if all of us lived a life of forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the path of peace.

The spring dogwood tree is filled with white or pink flowers with four large petals. There are marks of red or white and a center of yellow. The legend of the dogwood relates the dogwood to the Easter story of Jesus. I encourage everyone to read the story for yourselves.

"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness."
~ Robert Muller

Slash Pine - Pinus elliottii

 Slash Pine

Photography by Robert Priddy.  

What a beautiful tree the Slash Pine is.  You can find this tree on the coast in South Carolina and Georga.  You can also find this tree in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. This tree has large flattened scaly plates. 7-10 inch needles, 2 to 3 in a bundle. The tree can grow up to 100 feet tall.

Slash Pine - Photography by Robert Priddy. 

The Pine Rocklands.  Photo by Robert Priddy

The Slash Pine is the tall and haunting Pine of the Pine Rocklands of South Florida. South Florida’s pine rockland habitat is said to be one of the most endangered habitats in the world. A Pine rockland has an open canopy of slash pine.
Peace,

Rebecca