Tree Identification

[mjtenkarian]

Hi, my name is Martha and I am new to the forum. Is there anyone out there who might be able to identify this tree for me? I have also attached a pic of the blossoms close up... It is quite beautiful but I do't know what it is. Thank you and I look forward to learning from this forum.

[rainbowgardener]

Wow... I have never seen anything like that! Sorry I can't help, but I am bumping your post so that hopefully someone else will see it who can id it!

[Smallgardener]

I tell you what. That search by images is amazing.
But I can't figure out why it is called a golden dew drop.
http://www.freundfloweringtrees.com/dur ... wdrop.html

[rainbowgardener]

Thanks for the ID; it does look like you got it. But can you explain "that search by images" more please? How do you do that?

[mjtenkarian]

You did get it! Thank you so much for the ID. I too need to know more about the search by images?

[Smallgardener]

Basically you use Bing or Google and at the home page you can select images at the top and search them by what you want to find. It doesn't always work but you can at least see a pic and hopefully it will have a link to the original source of the pic.

[mjtenkarian]

Okay, I am going to give it a try. Thanks for the info.

[mjtenkarian]

Just tried it! That is very cool! Amazing what you learn from other people. Thanks.

[rainbowgardener]

I use google images all the time, but what did you search by to find OP's purple flowered tree?

[mjtenkarian]

I uploaded a copy of the picture onto Google images and looked at all of the images that came up until I found the right one.

[Dillbert]

>> why it is called a golden dew drop.

http://www.plantanswers.com/duranta.htm

[rainbowgardener]

I uploaded a copy of the picture onto Google images and looked at all of the images that came up until I found the right one.

Wow!! Great idea, thanks!