The Badminton Tree

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  1. Frank

    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    Went for a hike today and found an interesting new species.



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    Oh look at this nice tree! ( photo / image / picture from Frank's Garden )





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    What a nice flower. Hey wait a minute... ( photo / image / picture from Frank's Garden )





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    A rare shuttlecock flower! ( photo / image / picture from Frank's Garden )





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    Looks like it's dropping flowers though. ( photo / image / picture from Frank's Garden )
     
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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Well Frank that's the first time I've ever seen shuttlecocks growing on a tree!! :D :D
     
  4. daisybeans

    daisybeans Hardy Maple

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    Hahaha! Frank, you had me going for a minute! Good one!
     
  5. marlingardener

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    Those "flowers" that fell to the ground--will they self-seed and grow raquets?
    You and Cheryl ought to enter "interesting garden decor" contests and win every one of them!
     



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  6. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    I have always wondered where shuttlecocks came from. They are a resilient flower an hold up to even the toughest beatings.They don't seem to grow around here. Wrong zone. We can only get them as a dried arrangement. Nice bush Frank.

    Jerry
     
  7. cherylad

    cherylad Countess of Cute-ification Plants Contributor

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    Good one Frank! I was thinking "wow! look at those flowers... they really do look like shuttlecocks!"
    :D
     
  8. EJ

    EJ Allotmenteer Extraordinaire

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    For a minute I thought we had gone back in time and it was April again. Very good Frank. I wonder if they come in other colours..... :)
     

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