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The Ashoka is a rain-forest tree. Its original distribution was in the central areas of the Deccan plateau, as well as the middle section of the Western Ghats in the western coastal zone of the Indian Subcontinent.
The Ashoka is prized for its beautiful foliage and fragrant flowers. It is a very handsome, small, erect evergreen tree, with deep green leaves growing in dense clusters.
Its flowering season is around February to April. The Ashoka flowers come in heavy, lush bunches. They are bright orange-yellow in color, turning red before wilting.
As a wild tree, the Ashoka is a vulnerable species. It is becoming rarer in its natural habitat, but isolated wild Ashoka trees are still to be found in the foothills of central and eastern Himalayas, in scattered locations of the northern plains of India as well as on the west coast of the Subcontinent near Mumbai.
There are a few varieties of the Ashoka tree. One variety is larger and highly spreading. The columnar varieties are common in cultivation.
it is also used for medical purposes.
source : en.wikipedia.org
A palm tree silhouette at sunset captured last September in San Jose, California looking towards Los Gatos.
Taken half an hour before sunset. The yellow colour of the leaves is made even more golden by the setting sun. In one week this tree will be bare.
I thought that I'd give you a glimpse of how this season started in the spring and gathered momentum to fuel this year's extended fall. This is before I edit more shots from autumn.
I shot this tree every time it seemed to pop... and pop it did that day at wide angle, making it appear that the powerful sky radiated from the cottonwood. The incoming turbulence, that I brought out, certainly sets the tree off nicely. I am out here on the south bank of the second pond at Golden Ponds, the Longmont, Boulder County greenbelt and rec area and fortunately, the turn is only a half-dozen blocks down Hover St. I wanted to look for possible locations even though the sky has been the pits lately. I wandered the green space and took some detail shots that were available, This young (relatively) cottonwood is guarding the south bank of the pond and had sunk its roots into the water table in the valley. This lighting created a bold statement I could not pass up. I like the way the sunlight plays upon the leaves so that they punch their way into awareness. Autumn is finally toast after the summer of the Koch fossil foolers. I love shooting bold scenes with this camera and lens.Some of the shots were slow enough to be a bit dicey that day.
This autumn was a welcome relief from the oppressive summer although were are dry enough to worry about fires that might yet spark.