mistletoe growing in balls high up on a tree

This is possibly the more usual way for mistletoe to grow although it does quite often grow on an espalier tree.

It seems that certain conditions have to be right for it to grow (I don't know what those conditions are) as it is quite parochial in 'choosing' the areas where it will flourish.

posted in response to a comment from @tunia on my previous shot

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[Anne]

Are you going for a climb Hazel!?!? It always seems to chose the most inaccessible places to grow

[Hazel]

I wish Anne! Not much about to buy this year so maybe nobody fancied a climb!

[julia]

How weird ... so alot of people hanging about in hope at the bottom of the tree then ..

[Peter]

A real bumper bundle beautifully captured Hazel:)

[Bep]

Wonderful capture. Love that beautiful blue sky.

[Pat Knowles]

Wow Hazel I have never seen anything like that, I thought they were crows nests at first glance!

[CC Folk]

We have mistletoe on our pear tree if you need any...haha! I was told that mistletoe can kill a tree if not taken off but this tree looks like it is growing just fine.

[Babs]

Wow, it looks fabulous. Apparently there are about 90 species of mistletoe in Australia and 70 of them are native.

[wendy frost]

Love to see big clumps of Mistletoe growing in the trees. Fav

[Milanie]

Neat looking in those big balls

[Issi Bannerman]

Massive lumps of mistletoe there! Nicely captured.

[Denise Wood]

Great capture :)

[Pyrrhula]

Any girls in the neighbourhood ?

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[Nina Ganci]

wow! Always thought mistletoe was a bush, never realised it was a parasite
thank you for showing me