Not an entry.
I was looking for some old photos of passion flowers but can't find them, so here's one of some sacred datura instead.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura_wrightii)
Manzanita have pale white or pink flowers that are kinda bell shaped. Palo Verde and mesquite have yellow flowers, and the Palo Verde flowers look kinda similar to this. Mesquite have either a yellow cluster of flowers that looks like a bottle brush, or they have smaller blossoms that look like...
This is the Cassia Fistula, or Golden Shower tree. It's native to India and SE Asia. My next door neighbors are Thai and they have a wonderful assortment of trees and plants that would not normally grow here. This tree grew from a planting that came from Mrs. Neighbor's childhood house in...