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Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens

Flowering tree of Castanopsis delavayi

Castanopsis delavayi

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 17, 2020

Despite a spectacular bloom with sprays of gold-coloured flowers in the spring, this relative of oak trees remains largely unknown in cultivation.

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Flowers of Tillandsia usneoides

Tillandsia usneoides

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 9, 2017

The next time I visit Savannah, Georgia, I promise to try my best for one of those dreamy “Spanish moss and oak” photographs–something like this one from Celeste Booth’s article on “The Story Behind Spanish Moss” via bromeliads.info.

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