Sunday, October 26, 2014

Bottlebrushes en masse!



I didn't get out and about with my camera at all yesterday so I thought you might like to see what I look at while writing the blog, this and the 'rustic' birdbath you've seen here. Pull it in and see all those vibrant red flowers and you can see why they're called Bottlebrushes :) The parrots love this tree and do they make a mess.. I'll say they do, but I still love it when they fly in! What do you look at while you're preparing your posts? Hope that you are enjoying your weekend, bit cloudy and a few showers here in Perth, nice! Take care and stay safe.. p.s. these trees are used a lot for roadside planting and look amazing en masse when they're flowering towards the end of summer and all through spring.

30 comments:

  1. I really like these trees. We have a lot of them here in Central Florida! Gorgeous shot, too.

    BTW, I'm posting a bit on L & L Photography (http://www.landlfotos.com/blog.html) Would love to have you visit!

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  2. I've never seen a Bottlebrush tree!! This is so beautiful!! And a terrific capture as always!! I do love the color!! Thanks for sharing this, Grace!! Hope you're enjoying a great weekend!!

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  3. I wish we had trees like that here.

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  4. Love the colors of this post; the blooms are vividly red. When I'm writing posts, I'm usually looking out over my front lawn if I'm using my iMac but if I'm wandering around the house or at a coffee shop with my Mac air I could be seeing entirely different images.

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  5. I've just fallen in love with a bottlebrush!

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  6. It is so gorgeous, Grace! I'm looking at a bit of a messy desk with bookcases above.

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  7. It's such a gorgeous tree... the colours are beautiful.

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  8. I once saw wattle birds and lorikeets battling it out for control of a bottlebrush. The lorikeets won. I look at my screen when I prepare my posts :-P

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  9. We had one of these when I was a teen.

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  10. Wow! That is one huge load of colour Grace - beautiful, thank you! xJoy

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  11. What a fantastic tree. We have those here too but, I've never seen one this big and with so many blooms. I do have a window next to the desk in my new place but, the view outside is just more condos. The view from the other side of the place looks at mountains but where I have my little office it's more condos.

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  12. A very pretty and unique tree.

    I normaly sit in the kitchen when I do my postings, and I enjoy the view out into the garden. It is dark, windy and rainy no.... We also have changed the time, so it is one hour back... I like the kitchen, with our DAB radio, our red items , like the toaster and the coffee machine ..... So GOD MORGEN to you, Grace!:)

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  13. Beautiful blog! Have a wonderful Sunday

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  14. Oh wow - makes me so homesick for Oz. Just beautiful!

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  15. What a beautiful tree with red flowers !
    I've never seen it, and I don't know the name in finnish, but anyway, it's wonderful.

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  16. Amazing trees. I remember them well from my trip to the land of Oz many years ago.

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  17. They are such unique trees, the bottle brush. The red flowers in this photograph make your photograph appear 3D on my screen. It's either that or the jet lag!

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  18. You have such vibrant bottle brush trees in WA. I have some outside my window too but not as beautiful as that one.

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  19. How cool is that !? My view cannot compete with yours !

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  20. The colour is wonderful and I agree with Stuart that my view is NOTHING like yours!

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  21. I have some in my garden, but they don't flower so profusely...

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  22. Beautiful and quite common here.

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  23. God must have really loved Australia...He gave it all the good stuff!

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  24. Beautiful, Grace! I joined in btw, interesting to see what fellow bloggers see whilst blogging, I think!

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  25. Very interesting to see an australian flora example! There might be some species in mediterranean that bare some resemblance to this tree but only in general.

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