Silk Tassel (Garrya elliptica)

This amazing tree has flowers that hang, one below the other, in a long silk tassel.

January

 

 

April

 

 

July

 

 

October

 

 

Evergreen leaves

Flowers

Dried flowers

 

 

Field ID Tips

·         Leathery opposite evergreen leaves, shiny on the top and paler underneath.

·         Wavy leaf margins

·         Flowers cascading down, one after the other.

 

Silk Tassel Tree-8-Garrya congdonii-Feb 23 2012

 

 

 

Links:       

Calphotos

Wikipedia

Mountain Home To West Point Shrubs

 

Silk Tassel Tree-Garrya elliptica-TempDontKnow

The long greenish catkins are male flowers.  The shorter grey catkin is female.

                

Silk Tassel Tree-Garrya congdonii-Feb 23 2012

Dried flowers stay on the stem into summer.

 

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