Pohutukawa's

Today @dide and I went for a bit of a 'roady' to check out the 'Wild' Pohutukawa's out on the Manukau Peninsula... These tree's are stunning in their natural enviroment, and are very gnarly, tough tree.. and this time of year they break out with their beautiful blooms and so are given the name of 'The New Zealand Christmas Tree'.. They are really only just starting so over the next week or two they will look spectacular ...

[Dianne]

Yep - a great afternoon out exploring this beautiful bit of country. Nice to see some out in flower already. Great image.

[Lee-Ann]

Stunning

[Yao RL]

Beautifully done, perfect for a Christmas card.

[Lynda McG]

Gorgeous!

[Beryl Lloyd]

So beautiful to see the pop of red !

[julia]

@beryl Have to go back next week and the 'Pop' of red will be a 'Blast' of red... watch this space..

[Lee]

Lovely shot. May I suggest you turn down the yellow saturation. You'll get a more natural look.

[sally agnew]

A beautiful landscape :)

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Lou Ann]

Just beautiful.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely landscape. We have one of these beauties growing in our front yard but the foliage is much thicker than your wild ones and it has the most amazing aerial roots :)

[Henri Russell]

So pretty.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful shot.

[Pat Knowles]

I love these trees Julz...in another week or two these will be amazing....the Cinderella of the tree world! The knarled ugly sister transforming into this glorious tree with its spectacular red flowers.

[julia]

@happypat they certainly are.. the gnarlier the better..

[julia]

@merrelyn they are certainly amazing and and when you see them on some cliff fa es you wonder what is holding the up..

[Casablanca]

What beautiful Christmas trees. Loving the colour, such a cheery red against the greens.

[sarah]

Beautiful landscape - love the colors

[Dawn]

They are a lovely tree and the red of flowers different

[Margo]

This is very nice