Chorisa speciosa - Silk Floss Tree

Chorisa speciosa: Chorisa named for Ludwig Choris, a botanical artist 1795-1828; speciosa, meaning 'showy'.

The common Spanish name for this tree translates as 'drunken tree' for the trunk's resemblance to a wine barrel.

Moderately fast growing mid-sized tree, common in the Southern California landscape.
Palmately compound leaves with 3-5" leaflets.
Deep pink to burgundy large (up to 8" x 5") flowers in fall. Flowers resembled a narrow-petaled Hibiscus.
Fruit is a woody pear-shaped capsule 6-12" in spring
Tapered greenish trunk with thorns is enlarged and heavy at the base.

Pyrus kawakamii - Evergreen Pear

P. kawakamii is much more susceptible to leafspot than P. calleryana.

Jacaranda mimosifolia - Jacaranda

Fraxinus uhdei - Evergreen Ash