Well I already reported on the excellent Jacaranda season we seem to have had in Sydney this summer. So at the risk of turning into a complete _b_o_r_e_ about flowering trees I’d like to ask you to notice, if you come across it, another beautiful flowering tree that is just coming into full bloom now. It is not as noticeable or as well known as the Jacaranda – it’s the Cape Chestnut.
Here is a Cape Chestnut tree in Rushcutters Bay Park, down near the tennis courts – it’s overloaded with bunches of blossoms. This one may not be the best shaped tree of its kind, but it is still putting on a spectacular display.
This is an individual blossom fallen from the tree – delicate as an orchid.
So it’s over an out from me in the Potts Point botanical studio here this evening.
xx MG
Sir Gazza of the Council Privy
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I see your Cape Chestnut and raise you a Crepe Myrtle. I used to live in a street that had massed planting of Crepe Myrtle and it made this boring suburban street really something wonderful during January/February. Or if you’re a New Zealander and you feel homesick you should go check out the Pohutakawas in the park above Bondi Beach where the Grounds coffee shop is.
Walter
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Hi MG,
I find your posts very educational. I learn many things on your website.
W.
MG
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Dear W.
There are a lot of interesting things out there don’t you think?
And I am glad you like the website it’s my pleasure to do it.
xx MG
MG
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Dear Sir G,
Great flowering trees!
OK I will watch out for crepe myrtle in January/February. There is o ne thing I have always liked about crepe myrtle and its not actually the blossoms. It’s that lovely smooth multi coloured trunk surface you see when the tree is bare in winter. It’s bark I know but it is shiny and smooth as ceramic. And the bare tree also gets a coppiced look in off season which is very attractive.
And those coastal red flowers on the Pohutakawas are very handsome. I will investigate the Bondi plantings – even though I am not a homesick New Zealander -)
Great trees.
xxMG