deer and kangaroos and wallabies fill the same niche … browsers … they all love our gardens! kangaroos prefer grass, but the wallabies job is to keep the forest clear so they nibble all the low branches, even breaking down the fruit trees to eat them … that is the price we pay for living away from town 🙂
it is gilly …. one of the small gumtrees from WA that have been bred for home gardens …. it has a different name because it belongs to a small sub-group … *Corymbia ficifolia* or the *red flowering gum* also known as *Albany red flowering gum* (previously known as *Eucalyptus ficifolia*) is one of the most commonly planted ornamental trees in the broader eucalyptus family … thanks for asking!!!
How beautiful. I often notice many Australian natives are planted in Southern California. I will be on the look-out, perhaps at our Arboretum. It’s really special. And I don’t think we’ll need the cage! No wallabies about! I probably don’t have a clue what I’m saying here, but somehow I think I’d like to have that experience. 🙂
you should be able to find it debra, if you have plant nursery nearby with the dwarf gums … they are wonderful because the flowers are huge yet the tree size is small, and all so very colourful!
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Love it! I see eucalypts in your tagline…I’ve seen a plant with tiny white ones of these which I think is a lilly pilly?
yes you are right, lillypillies have little starbursts of white blossom 🙂
so beautiful 🙂
Ummm … 🙂
tree in cage to prevent wallabies eating it 🙂
I thought it looked like a young’n 🙂
first time it has flowered 😀
Oh lovely, Christine. How old is it?
about a year since we planted it by the lily pond …. still a baby 🙂
Oh, a year – then it’s quick to come to flower. 🙂
Such pretty blossoms. Christine. 🙂
So beautiful. Here we put the fence to prevent deer from eating all the garden 🙂
deer and kangaroos and wallabies fill the same niche … browsers … they all love our gardens! kangaroos prefer grass, but the wallabies job is to keep the forest clear so they nibble all the low branches, even breaking down the fruit trees to eat them … that is the price we pay for living away from town 🙂
Thank you so much for very a beautiful flowers
you are welcome rima! i guess you don’t see a lot of flowers while sailing around the world?
Very, very pretty. the flowers are the corymbia but the leaves area eucalyptus around it? or is it a type of eucalyptus?
it is gilly …. one of the small gumtrees from WA that have been bred for home gardens …. it has a different name because it belongs to a small sub-group … *Corymbia ficifolia* or the *red flowering gum* also known as *Albany red flowering gum* (previously known as *Eucalyptus ficifolia*) is one of the most commonly planted ornamental trees in the broader eucalyptus family … thanks for asking!!!
Excellent, every garden should have a eucalyptus for its healing properties but over here they are too big for most gardens.
i imagine this one would even grow indoors ….
How beautiful. I often notice many Australian natives are planted in Southern California. I will be on the look-out, perhaps at our Arboretum. It’s really special. And I don’t think we’ll need the cage! No wallabies about! I probably don’t have a clue what I’m saying here, but somehow I think I’d like to have that experience. 🙂
you should be able to find it debra, if you have plant nursery nearby with the dwarf gums … they are wonderful because the flowers are huge yet the tree size is small, and all so very colourful!
Lovely bloom. The color is so beautiful!
i love it too amy … could not resist when looking for a small tree to grow by the pond 😀
so beautiful flowers.
Bursts of happiness!
delightful intimation!
We have a lot of Eucalyptus here, but none with such gorgeous flowers!