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Kiaora ano and Hello again.
The Shining Cuckoo is singing in the Totara North Bush, the shrubs are flush with soft new growth and the flowers are blooming lovely. Here are a few photos taken recently of floral action.
Brachyglottis kirkii, Fuchsia excorticata, Rhabnothamnus solandri, Melicope simplex and the berries of Pratia physaloides. Who says New Zealand plants don't have attractive flowers?.
Above is Fuchsia excorticata (Kotukutuku) in flower. Note the two different colours of the flowers. The colonial botanist Allan Cunningham in 1826 on the banks of the Cowa_cowa (Kawakawa), a branch of the Wycaddy (Waikare) Bay of Islands wrote“In spots less secluded from the solar rays than the general mass, I detected Fuchsia excorticata richly in flower; and what really added to the novelty and beauty of the plant is, its pendant flowers, on their first expansion, are of a bluish-green cast, which afterwards change to red; and thus the plant has at the same time flowers of two distinct colours: it forms a small tree of twelve feet in height.”
What's new this month
Pigeonwood
Pittosporum eugenoides flowers
Pittosporum eugenoides capsules
Drosera peltata subsp. auriculata Sendew. A carnivorous plant that captures small insects in the sticky structures arising from the stem.
For more images of NZ plants click here
Two new articles on these common New Zealand plants Brachyglottis repanda and Fuchsia excorticata
Bookings for summer are coming in steadily for the guided bush walk and harbour tour. I can also arrange heads on beds at quality accomodation In Totara North, Mangonui or Russell. Dont make it a one day activity....(one of these days I must do this activity). Click here to view all the details.Contact now to ensure your booking over the busy summer period.
Links. One of the more popular pages on Bushmansfriend is the links page giving access to many internet sights specialising in New Zealand plants.View it hereThere is also a list of holiday activities in Whangaroa and Northland. View it here or check out the Whangaroa community website here
First ever in NZ - a region wide festival that honours and celebrates one of Northland's great icons: the giant Kauri tree.You can experience the mystique of the majestic tree through a variety of events, activities and tourism operators during the week long celebration of Kauri. Click here to find what Northland wide events and activities are planned. It's not too late ....only a couple of days left.
Don't forget all the usual Bushmanfriends New Zealand native plant content is available from here
Daylight saving begins on Sunday. Evening walks and more time in the Garden after dinner!!.
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Contact : Tony Foster 73 Campbell Rd. Totara North RD2 Kaeo
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