SAN ANTONIO — A rare orchid tree, native to Texas, was seen blooming an unusual color at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.

There are many flowering shrubs and trees either in bloom or just beginning to bloom right now around Southwest Florida.

He has a shrubby tatarian dogwood (Cornus alba), which sports clusters of white flowers on shiny red stems and twigs. Pink trumpet tree Handroanthus impetiginosus flowering before leaves appear.