English Holly

English Holly (Llex aquifolium)

This evergreen tree has dark green glossy color leaves with spiny edges. Its size is medium with grayish color trunk. Its red color berries stand out beautifully from its dark green color. This great tree is located at Golden Gate Park on John F. Kennedy Drive across the street from where the Liquidambar tree on previous posts.

Bigleaf Maple

Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)

Also referred as 'Broad Leaf Maple' or 'Oregon Maple', this maple has the largest leaves of the maples family. The tree is medium in size and has a light colored trunk. This Bigleaf Maple Tree is located at Golden Gate Park near the Japanese tea Garden.

Weeping Bottlebrush

Weeping Bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis)

Common on the streets of San Francisco the Wheeping Bottlebrush has red flowers that are in the shape of a baby bottle brush, or maybe the baby bottle brush is in the shape of this flower. The flower has fine red color strands. It's brother, the Lemmon Bottlebrush looks exactly the same except for it's shape. The  Lemmon Bottlebrush is shaped like a mushroom and the Weeping Bottlebrush is taller and its branches are all over the place as you can see in the pictires. The tree in the picture is around the corner from Roxy Sandwich on Paulding St.