It's flowering season

Most of the roadside trees are covered with pink or white flowers now. It's really a lovely scene! Can't help but to post these pictures up. The view is much more amazing when the trees is in full bloom. It's only when the flowering season arrive, we realized that these trees are planted in our neighbourhood are flowering trees. Unfortunately, not all the trees flower so well. There seems to be huge variation from one tree to another.

Floor covered with flowers
It only took me a few minutes to find out its species name. All thanks to a book I borrowed recently from the library. This book which is a guide to tropical plants has been sitting in my drawers for 2 months now. :p Finally, I made good use of it.

The tree is Tabebuia rosea, also known as Pink Poui, Rosy Trumpet Tree or Pink Tecoma. Some even called it Penang Sakura (Why Penang?). According to the book, crowns spread in layers and blooms in January to April. Hmmm.. the flowering time isn't right because the trees just started to flower at the end of May. I guess the drounght must have delay it.

close up view of the flowers