They have four curled-back petals and two high stamens with yellow or red anthers, between which is the low pistil; the petals and stamens fall off after the flower is fertilized, leaving the pistil in the calyx tube.
One of the best forms for bonsai is 'Hime' a small red form with solid red flowers and showy yellow stamens. The flowers and fruit are smaller than other Quince making it a good choice.
The olive produces two kinds of flowers: a perfect flower containing both male and female parts, and a staminate flower with stamens only.
"Azalea" is a rather vague, generic term used in the Western World for a sub-set of species of Rhododendron characterized by having about the same number of stamens as they have flower petals.
The flower has delicate white petals with stamens and comes in clusters on the trunk, large branches and exposed roots. The tree begins to bear fruit when it is ten to fifteen years old.
This is a many-branched species that produces aged looking bark and is often seen in the wild as a twin trunk tree. It is known as the New Zealand Christmas tree for a good reason as it is covered in beautiful red stamens when it flowers.
 See also: Plant, Fruit, Species, Trunk, Growing
  
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