My neighbours were trimming the flowers off their gorgeous kangaroo paw plants last night so that more can grow. I stopped them in the street and asked if I could take flowers from their bin. They laughed and snipped me a beautiful branch full of perfect flowers to take home. I can't stop looking at them - they're just so sunny and furry and lovely and uniquely Australian. I mean just look at those gorgeous furry paws! Aren't they beautiful?
These neighbours don't know how much I covert their front garden. They have lots of healthy clumps of red and yellow kangaroo paw and a lovely weeping gum tree too. Top all this off with a stylish black wrought iron fence and you have one pretty special inner city front garden.
Will it ever stop raining? Everything is so damp inside and out. And we haven't even been flooded like our poor fellow Aussies up north.
Do you know whether the gum tree drops those large size "gumnut baby" style gumnuts? I am looking for a stash.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is a beautiful flower!! I can imagine that you can't stop looking at them. I love the last picture because of it's colour and structure. Lucky you to have those flowers at home! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteKate - the flowers on that weeping gum are those gorgeous red ones. Like these:
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Not the ones you're after I think.