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Which Tree is this?
Hi
I've been thinking of planting a tree or two similar to a couple of trees that grow accross the road from where I work. I've been told that they're Australian Native Christmas trees, however they don't look anything like the pictures I've seen. The trees near work are about 5 metres high, deciduous with red/orange flowers with a black center. They're large & are in full-flower before the leaves begin to form. The leaves are fairly broad & although the tree has a fairly dense habit, it still allows some filtered light through. I hope that's descriptive enough. -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ |
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Which Tree is this?
Hi Wanda,
Native Christmas Tree is called Nuytsia floribunda but doesn't sound like what you describe. NZ Christmas Tree is called Metrosideros excelsa is messy grows big and generally has become a pest in some places. Yet I don't think it is that either. Don't have many Australian trees which are deciduous. The plane tree has flowers on it before it gets leaves I wonder if it is that. Anyway something to look into. Cheers Richard Willow wrote in message ... Hi I've been thinking of planting a tree or two similar to a couple of trees that grow accross the road from where I work. I've been told that they're Australian Native Christmas trees, however they don't look anything like the pictures I've seen. The trees near work are about 5 metres high, deciduous with red/orange flowers with a black center. They're large & are in full-flower before the leaves begin to form. The leaves are fairly broad & although the tree has a fairly dense habit, it still allows some filtered light through. I hope that's descriptive enough. -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ |
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"Willow" wrote: I've been thinking of planting a tree or two similar to a couple of trees that grow accross the road from where I work. I've been told that they're Australian Native Christmas trees, however they don't look anything like the pictures I've seen. The trees near work are about 5 metres high, deciduous with red/orange flowers with a black center. They're large & are in full-flower before the leaves begin to form. The leaves are fairly broad & although the tree has a fairly dense habit, it still allows some filtered light through. I hope that's descriptive enough. http://www.anbg.gov.au/christmas/christmas.html is a list of native "Christmas" plants with pictures. Your description doesn't match any of them. It does sound a bit like the Illawarra Flame Tree, which is illustrated at: http://www.anbg.gov.au/stamps/stamp.686.html . The Illawarra Flame Tree has very distinctive black boat-shaped seed pods, about 15cm long. Does this sound right? And where are these trees exactly? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) I don't regard myself as a fanatic. I just have handy milk dispensers. -- Lee, misc.kids |
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It does look kind of like the Flame Tree. It probably is it. Does anyone
have any idea of how suitable this tree for a Perth garden? I've seen some sites that suggest it's drought tolerant & some that suggest otherwise. It looks like the roots can be intrusive, but if I do plant one it would be around 5 metres from the house, 3 from the driveway & about the same from the roadside. -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ Chookie wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-B84CE0.21075716112002@news... In article , "Willow" wrote: I've been thinking of planting a tree or two similar to a couple of trees that grow accross the road from where I work. I've been told that they're Australian Native Christmas trees, however they don't look anything like the pictures I've seen. The trees near work are about 5 metres high, deciduous with red/orange flowers with a black center. They're large & are in full-flower before the leaves begin to form. The leaves are fairly broad & although the tree has a fairly dense habit, it still allows some filtered light through. I hope that's descriptive enough. http://www.anbg.gov.au/christmas/christmas.html is a list of native "Christmas" plants with pictures. Your description doesn't match any of them. It does sound a bit like the Illawarra Flame Tree, which is illustrated at: http://www.anbg.gov.au/stamps/stamp.686.html . The Illawarra Flame Tree has very distinctive black boat-shaped seed pods, about 15cm long. Does this sound right? And where are these trees exactly? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) I don't regard myself as a fanatic. I just have handy milk dispensers. -- Lee, misc.kids |
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Which Tree is this?
It's not a flame tree. I found some pictures of flame trees in flower on the
net & although the trunks & leaves look kind of similar, the flowers are completely different. I might see if I can borrow the digital camera at work tomorrow & take a picture or three, although the tree isn't presently in flower. -- Wanda aka Willow The missing and definitely not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome http://www.2000cn.com.au/~willow ~~faeries are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ Chookie wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-B84CE0.21075716112002@news... In article , "Willow" wrote: I've been thinking of planting a tree or two similar to a couple of trees that grow accross the road from where I work. I've been told that they're Australian Native Christmas trees, however they don't look anything like the pictures I've seen. The trees near work are about 5 metres high, deciduous with red/orange flowers with a black center. They're large & are in full-flower before the leaves begin to form. The leaves are fairly broad & although the tree has a fairly dense habit, it still allows some filtered light through. I hope that's descriptive enough. http://www.anbg.gov.au/christmas/christmas.html is a list of native "Christmas" plants with pictures. Your description doesn't match any of them. It does sound a bit like the Illawarra Flame Tree, which is illustrated at: http://www.anbg.gov.au/stamps/stamp.686.html . The Illawarra Flame Tree has very distinctive black boat-shaped seed pods, about 15cm long. Does this sound right? And where are these trees exactly? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) I don't regard myself as a fanatic. I just have handy milk dispensers. -- Lee, misc.kids |
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