Red wattle!

There are over 950 species of wattle in Australia which are all shades of yellow. However in 1995 two bush walkers found a mutant red wattle in the bush in Victoria. It has been successfully grown from cuttings, but is still quite rare to see. My sister was lucky enough to buy a plant many years ago and it is now finally flowering.

[Denise]

Oh these are certainly curious and unique. Excellent detail on these spiky little flowers.

[sally agnew]

I have never seen a red wattle, it is very pretty, thanks for sharing Denise :-)

[Kat]

Wow, they look like microbes. Amazing looking flowers. Great capture. :)

[Kane Arlow]

Very nice, I haven't seen these before.

[john graham]

new to me too..but love your photo ..

[Lyn Berriman]

Wattles are known as invasive aliens here in South Africa. What cute little flower balls.

[Jane Anderson]

They are really pretty. We don't have them here.

[gloria jones]

Nice colors and composition.

[Gena Pegg]

Love the color. Don't know what wattle is, but they look lovely.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

A very pretty capture and I've never heard about this flower, it looks very nice.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice capture!

[June]

Very unusual. Looks like pom poms.

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful capture of this unusual but lovely flowers.

[Denise fuller]

super shot Denise I love the focus

[Milanie]

Love the focus on these really different flowers. I'm with June - reminds me of pom poms. Love the color.

[Denise Wood]

@denisedaly @hermann @darthkitty @karlow75 @tellefella @lynnilou @cejaanderson @seattlite @eyesmile @ladymagpie @elisasaeter @junep @pyrrhula @denisefuller @milaniet Thankyou all for visiting and commenting. I was so pleased to see that my sister's tree had flowered. As for the people who aren't aware of our Australian emblem flower, I will go out and photograph some of the various yellow ones out at the moment soon. Lyn - what a pity they are invasive aliens in Sth Africa- must be the wild, wild ones!

[Nancy]

How neat what a odd little plant with an odd little name. Looks like it comes from another world.

[Kerry McCarthy]

Great shot - love the colors and composition.

[Kathie]

Don't know a wattle of any colour. Great to see. Thanks

[Clare]

Such a cool looking flower! Great shot!

[Sam]

WOW I have never seen a red wattle before!!!! Thanks for sharing Denise :)

[Leah]

Very unusual!!! Never heard of this kind of flower before, but it is lovely!!!

[Christine]

What lovely wattle flowers and I didn't know that, thanks. We have some growing in the recreation reserve nearby and I never realised the colour was so special, that's cool :) A lovely shot.

[Chris Johnson]

Like little round pom-poms! Beautiful image!

[Poppo Livy]

Fabulous Denise. I hadn't heard of it before

[Julie Chapa]

Great shot. I love the color of it.