Manila, April 18 -- Iloilo City takes pride of its another attraction this summer, the blooming rosy trumpet trees or Tabebuia Rosea along Diversion Road here.
"Its blooming season is during summer. During rainy season, the plant is robust, full of leaves. At first I was pissed off with that plant because its branches are so erratic, it doesn't have a form, only to find out its beautiful when it blooms," City Agriculturist Romulo Pangantihon said in an interview Wednesday.
The plants, he said, were embedded in the development plan prepared by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the Diversion Road, where there are bike and walk lanes and service road components situated at the right portion of the road when travelling fr...