In the 1940s, Bing Crosby hit the song charts as he crooned “Poinciana, your branches speak to me of love, pale moon is casting shadows from above.” The Poinciana of song is the Royal Poinciana or ...

‘High summer’ in the garden here brings out the amazing flowers of tropical and semi-tropical trees. If you live along the coastline then you will be able to enjoy Delonix regia or the ‘flame tree’, ...

Harare — Mid-November, in Zimbabwe, is regarded as the beginning of the country's main rainy season. It also marks the beginning of the short but spectacular period when the flamboyants are in flower.

The Flamboyant tree or Royal poinciana (Delonix regia) belongs to the Leguminasae family and originated in Madagascar. It is named after M de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies. This regal ...