However, our tree has never produced any pods; it may be necessary for another silk floss tree to be located nearby for cross-pollination.

Ceiba speciosa, also known as false kapok and silk floss, are beautiful trees with stunning blooms for large, open spaces.

The best-known ornamental tree in this family is the floss silk or kapok (Ceiba/Chorisia speciosa).

The Silk Floss Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish (or purplish) hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now.

Floss silk, also called the chorisia tree, grows to 35 to 50 feet and sports a green trunk and limbs studded with large, silver-gray, conical thorns.

The best-known ornamental tree in this family is the floss silk or kapok (Ceiba/Chorisia speciosa).

The best-known ornamental tree in this family is the floss silk or kapok (Ceiba/Chorisia speciosa). For most of the year, this outlandish tree from Brazil is noticed primarily for its unique trunk ...