Downtown Charleston

On Thursday, February 28 we walked through part of the College of Charleston campus and down Bull Street near a small pond. That day it was 71 degrees, partly cloudy with a little bit of a breeze. Starting our walk we saw an Umbrella Papyrus which has an interesting history that I never connected. The plant was used for paper. We then saw an Eastern Redbud which was really pretty and reminded me of a cherry blossom. Walking through the cistern yard we of course saw all the oak trees which had Resurrection Fern which were all pretty much green from the recent rain. Near the alumni services we saw a Saw Palmetto which if you look closely at the base, it has things that stick out that look like pine needles. Near it was a Japanese Camellia bush which was really pretty but the edges of the petals look like there was either some deficiency or something damaging it. We found a Sago Cycad in a yard in front of one of the office buildings of cougar mall. I noticed these leaves were a very dark green and had very defined leaves. Finally after all the Holly we've seen on our trips, we observed an American Holly tree. Across the yard was a Saucer Magnolia which was really pretty, I also wonder what makes it have that pink hue. In the yard we also observed some Buckeyes which a few had already sprouted tiny little trees, I found this interesting because I honestly did not know that Buckeyes grew into trees. Walking towards Bull Street, we observed an Tsutsusi Azalea which was gorgeous and I would love to plant in my yard one day. I then saw a Cabbage Palmetto sprouting by the base of a tree, I found this interesting that it looked like it was literally growing from the tree. The leaves kind of remind me of a taco shape. We saw a fence covered in Yellow Jessamine, they sort of looked like honey suckles to me. A few yards away I observed a single blossom Japanese Kerria which I found really interesting. Not too far from that was a tree with Carolina Laurelcherry and a Souther Magnolia tree right by it. I love Magnolia trees and how big the leaves are. We also observed a Red Maple tree and I noticed that it's 'veins' were red and wonder if thats why they named it Red Maple. A little further in a driveway I noticed a Japanese Camellia bush again, but this one looked a little different kind of in a bad way. I wonder why the ones in this are looks much more lifeless than the other ones. Right on the edge of the sidewalk we observed a Chusan Palm which is poisonous, so it's kind of questionable why someone would put that right next to a sidewalk. In some bushes we found a Green Anole, I usually hate lizards but this one was kind of cute and I think it was my favorite part of this trip.

Publicado el marzo 6, 2019 07:06 TARDE por landsb