Bougainvillea explosion on Washington Street
Coconut Tree
This beautiful red flower of the Asian Red Silk Cotton Tree measures over six inches across. These trees can grow very tall and although very pretty when in bloom, they are a very messy tree to have in your yard when the flowers begin to drop.
Canary Island Date Palm
Washingtonia Palm
Royal Palms in Truman Annex.
Australian Tree Fern
Brazilian Pepper
Yellow Elder
The Yellow Elder tree grows quickly to about twenty-five feet in height in these tropical climates. With clusters of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers in large clusters it provides a very dramatic look with blooms often in the spring and fall season.
Mango Tree
Mango trees. Early summer is Mango season in Key West.
Mango
Summer is mango season and there is nothing like fresh mangos from our neighbor's backyard tree.
Frangipani
Frangipani is the common name given to the Plumeria tree. The fragrant flowers on these tropical trees vary from white to deep red with fragrances ranging from coconut to jasmine. Plumeria flowers are used to make leis in Hawaii.
Bananas
Bananas growing in our neighboorhood in Key West. To grow a banana tree it takes tropical weather (no colder than 57 degrees) and up to 16 months to harvest a ripe banana.
Powder Puff tree
Frangipani tree
Malayan coconut
The Malayan Coconut Palm is distinguished by its golden coconuts.
Royal Poinciana tree
Key West Red Bananas
Papaya tree