It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas_DSC5799

The beautiful Western Australian Christmas trees are in bloom. Nuytsia floribunda was dubbed the native Christmas tree by colonists because it bursts out in orange blooms in December.The nuytsia have an additional Christmas association - the tree is also the world's largest variety of mistletoe.They are hemiparasitic plants, and grow by attaching themselves to host plants and draw water and nutrition from the host.
If you have the inclination,it looks better on black.

[Debbie]

I love the flowers on these trees....they are so Australian. Its a lovely capture

[sally agnew]

Wow, how vibrant that is, I love the contrast with the blue sky :)

[Sgt. Pepper]

No, no, no, it's till only November...

Love the colour.

[Bep]

Gorgeous!

[Christina Helliwell]

Gorgeous shot. Love the cheerful colour combination. So vibrant.

[Yeshanghai]

Great POV and amazing colors

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful shot of this nice bush beautiful blooming

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Denise Wood]

What a beautiful tree :)

[Islandgirl]

Wow what a gorgeous tree, love the color!

[Dinah Pinkston]

What wonderful vibrant color ...This is beautiful! Fav!

[Valerie Chesney]

Glorious, a beautiful shot...

[Babs]

Fantastic colour, what a beautiful shot.

[PhotoCrazy]

Lovely color!

[Merrelyn]

@sgtpepper Only 5 weeks away :)

[Merrelyn]

@deborah63 They are lovely, it's a pity that there are not as many around now.

[Merrelyn]

@hermann @gijsje Thank you, they are such pretty trees.

[Merrelyn]

@chrysanthemum @yeshanghai @pyrrhula Thank you, they do look beautiful, especially against our blue sky.

[Merrelyn]

@bkbinthecity @gilbertwood @radiogirl Thank you, they are a beautiful reminder that Christmas is fast approaching.

[Merrelyn]

@dsp2 @happysnaps @onewing @photographycrazy Thank you, they are beautiful when in bloom.