Examine any apparent flowers, since flowering occurs before fruiting. Almost all citrus trees have small white flowers with fragrant sweet aromas. Grapefruit is the exception, because these flowers don't have an aroma. Lime and lemon trees have white flowers with a purple underside. Sometimes when...
The tea plant is an evergreen shrub native to a number of Asian countries. After water, tea is the most widely consumed drink in the world. Tea leaves ready for picking The flowers are yellow-white, and the seeds can be pressed to yield tea oil. But it’s the leaves that are the ...
Spot the Mexican plum tree (P. mexicana) by looking for its small, red fruits and orange autumn leaves. The Mexican plum also blooms in late winter with showy, fragrant white flowers, but this tree grows 15 to 30 feet tall with a rounded canopy that’s 20 to 25 feet wide at maturity...
Identify the persimmon tree by studying its flowers. Notice that the persimmon bears female and male flowers on separate trees, and the female flowers are creamy-white, bell-shaped and borne individually on the tree branches. Look at the bark to identify the persimmon tree. Tip In the colder,...