I live in Los Angeles.

I fell in love with the Bombax after seing the big green seed pods being ripped open by green birds last year in January on La Brea just one block up from and Hollywood Blv. The cotton coming out looked like snow

on the ground.

This year I saw a beautiful bombax in bloom (in early November)in the parking of the Descanso garden

in Pasadena.

Last Saturday I went to the arboretum to find more about my beloved trees and found several type of bombax, notably the ceiba kind.

You may want to go look for yourself and compare the different trees one next to the other. The people are very knowledgeable and ready to answer your question.

Hope this helps,

Chris, a bombax lover.