
Image: Su Leslie 2021
Image: Su Leslie 2021
Image: Su Leslie 2021
Image: Su Leslie 2021
Image: Su Leslie 2021
βAspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.β β Gerald Durrell
Friday Flowers
#fridayflowers
Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) — often called New Zealand’s Christmas tree — produces masses of red flowers from almost white buds throughout summer. Today, the pohutukawa in my neighbourhood are mostly showing white buds. By this time next week, the trees will be thickly painted in feathery strokes of red.
Friday flowers