One of the special Autumn delights at Burnbrae is the flowering of the Queensland Firewheel tree - I am fascinated by this odd flower.
Every year I have lived here I have looked over the fence at the neighbour's mature camellias and envied the beautiful carpet of petals below. This year I have a little flower carpet of my own.
And for the not so nice. The pine trees at the front dump and enormous load of small pollen filled cones at this time of year. The verandah, paths and our cars are smothered in yellow.
The Firewheel tree is beautiful Joan Elizabeth, that's a gorgeous shot of the flower. That's a sweet little red leafed tree in the front , is it a Japanese maple?
ReplyDeleteYes it is a Japanese Maple. It got hacked about a bit by a tradesman doing work on the verandah. Check out the link to 2009 in today's post to see it in its former glory.
DeleteThe Firewheel tree is beautiful. I used to have one of those in my garden when we lived in Western Sydney. Just loved it. So glad it can be grown in the Mountains.
ReplyDeleteIt is from the rain forests in Queensland so perhaps a bit surprising it can grow in our climate. This one is very tall so must be old as are most of our trees. Someone 60-100 years ago planted a very nice garden for us to enjoy today.
DeleteThat firewheel tree flower stands out nicely.
ReplyDeleteIt has a surprising flower. I am glad there were a few low enough down for me to photograph. It is a tall tree.
DeleteVery, very beautiful, but yes, it all has two sides. We have such plants, too, that conquer everything, paths, cars... and they stick to it all. That´s life...
ReplyDeleteYes it is just a small inconvenience. I will wait for the autumn leaves to have finished falling then have a big sweep up. The rain came and washed the car.
DeleteI don't think I've seen a firewheel tree. It's very interesting. (I think I've mentioned this before -- our camellias blossom in spring.)
ReplyDeleteThe firewheel is an Australian native tree.
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