New Zealand Christmas Tree - Pohutukawa

Went with @julzmaioro to Thames today, to drop mum off so she can have a few days holiday with my sister and brother-in-law. We were both pretty impressed with this huge pohutukawa tree. It is covered with flower, while others have yet to begin flowering. As a consequence, we have both chosen this magnificent tree for our 365 shot today…..

[julia]

All lovely shots in their own right... the bee's were so busy... love the buds.. fav

[Andrea]

Fav😍😍

[Laetitia Petrussa]

Ooh. Nice to see it in all its facets. Beautiful!

[Osia Strasner]

Wow, looks impressive.....in both of your shots. It looks a lot like what we call a Bottlebrush tree, but I have never seen it this big

[Dianne]

@panthora Yes it can remind us of the bottlebrush, but it is rather different. The leaves are very waxy to withstand the salt winds and it is a very hardy tree, often seen clinging to coastal banks and overhanging the sea.

[Tony]

Brilliant collage and amazing images.

[Brigette]

beautiful!

[Valerie Chesney]

So, So beautiful, lovely collage.

[Helen]

Fabulous tree..... lovely collage too

[Rachel]

A beautiful big tree!

[David Briggs]

What a great collage

[Margo]

Always loved the NZ Christmas tree Great shots. A Fav

[Poppo Livy]

I'll make the same comment to you I made to Julia: Bloody Hell Julia/Dianne. That is a huge Pohotakawa. All the ones that I have ever seen have been no higher that a few metres. Fabulous tree Fav. ha ha ha

[Poppo Livy]

Oh, its a great collage also.

[Fisher Family]

A lovely collage. I love how all the shots have red in them that tie them all together in a colour theme - Lucy

[Lyn Berriman]

Beautiful collage!

[Gabi]

Looks like a great tree to photograph. Looks awesome from far and close as well.

[Maggie]

Such a clever collage, Dianne, which shows the season emerging. Fav.

[Yao RL]

Aren’t they beautiful!

[Pyrrhula]

A great collage of beautiful pic. of this beautiful tree.
Thank you for you visit and nice comment. Much appreciated

[Denise fuller]

fabulous collage

[Babs]

Fabulous collage saw this tree on Julia's page and had to check out yours too. So beautiful.

[Sue Wilde]

This is so gorgeous. Love the collage

[Kathie]

Gorgeous.

[Delia]

Would make a great kiwi Christmas card

[Ethel]

This is soo gorgeous. I love these trees but haven't seen any thing like this in OZ. We have one in our garden but it hasn't really thrived. fav

[Lesley Chisholm]

What a huge tree! We saw a lovely one a little further up towards Coromandel (not sure of the town but about 10-15 mins north. It had a whole lot of hanging foilage? on it which I hadn't seen before but I then noticed a couple since.