Syringa berrytree: perfumed perfection
Looking up in to a syringa berrytree, also commonly known as Persian lilac, chinaberry and umbrella tree. Native to this country and Indomalaya.
One can often smell this tree before seeing it, the perfume is heady and (I think), really lovely.
Fruits are highly toxic to humans and some animals, but delicious for birds.
Growing to 12 m.
Growing in great swathes of clusters, the individual flowers of the syringa berrytree are very small at 10 mm diameter, with five pale purple/pink/white petals.
Link to macro image of individual flower: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/50421073427/in/photol...
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Syringa berrytree: perfumed perfection
Looking up in to a syringa berrytree, also commonly known as Persian lilac, chinaberry and umbrella tree. Native to this country and Indomalaya.
One can often smell this tree before seeing it, the perfume is heady and (I think), really lovely.
Fruits are highly toxic to humans and some animals, but delicious for birds.
Growing to 12 m.
Growing in great swathes of clusters, the individual flowers of the syringa berrytree are very small at 10 mm diameter, with five pale purple/pink/white petals.
Link to macro image of individual flower: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/50421073427/in/photol...
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