What's this plant?: SOLVED: Tree ID

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Calif_Sue San Jose, CA (Zone 9b) November 09, 2009 01:18 PM	I was at the Berkeley Botanical Gardens taking a few pictures and forgot to get a shot of the plant tag for this tree. Pretty exotic looking, perhaps about 15-20 ft. Anyone? View Larger
Calif_Sue San Jose, CA (Zone 9b) November 09, 2009 01:19 PM	Further back View Larger
JasperDale Long Beach, CA (Zone 10a) November 09, 2009 01:36 PM	Looks like one of the Erythrina's possibly E. crista-galli Firemans Cap Tree
Zaragoza Zaragoza Spain (Zone 8b) November 09, 2009 03:47 PM	This is Erythrina crista-galli.
Calif_Sue San Jose, CA (Zone 9b) November 09, 2009 06:08 PM	Thank you both! I think I need to find one :-)
ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) November 09, 2009 10:52 PM	They usually have them at the spring & fall plant sales--that's where I got mine from (twice...killed the first one!)
Calif_Sue San Jose, CA (Zone 9b) November 09, 2009 11:35 PM	Thanks Liz, I'll keep my eye out for one. So #2 doing OK for you so far?
ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) November 10, 2009 01:46 AM	It's so-so...it's a pinch cold for it here and my greenhouse is already full of things that are less hardy than it, so it dies back in the winter and then sprouts again in the spring. You're a little warmer than I am so you will probably have better luck with it.
Stake Barmera Australia November 10, 2009 01:59 AM	G'Day, There is an Erythrina that dies back in the Winter then in the Spring the dead wood is cut back to ground level and the new shoots will carry the current seasons flowers. It gets into a continuos flowering mode and as the old flowers die new ones open alond the young growth which can be 4 or 5 ft long. I thought that was E. crista-galli but I never had it positively ID. The flower on it was longer than on the tree type Erythrinas looking like a Sturts Desert Pea without the black centre. Brian
ecrane3 Dublin, CA (Zone 9a) November 10, 2009 10:57 AM	I wonder if the one you're talking about is E. herbacea? E. crista-galli isn't supposed to die back, it just does in my area because it's slightly too cold for it, but E. herbacea is supposed to die back. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2724/ Or there's E. x bidwillii as well--it also dies back in my zone but I'm not sure if it does everywhere or if that's also because it's a little too cold here. I think it's a hybrid between E. herbacea and E. crista-galli. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56753/
Stake Barmera Australia November 10, 2009 09:38 PM	G'Day, I think you are right Ecrane3 but I can't discern between the two. The original of the one here was planted in 1953 and that was propagated from cuttings taken from an older plant. So if the hybrid wasn't known 56 + years ago then it has to be E. herbacea. Thank you for the input. I think our Zone rating is similar to yours about 9a or 9b. We get frosts but only very rarely are they below about -3c. Brian

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