Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Wednesday Vignette: Chile and Tasmania, so close

I think this is a first; the flame-like flowers of my Embothrium coccineum are still going strong when the yellow-green bottle brush blooms of Callistemon viridiflorus open. Or maybe this is just the first year the callistemon has been tall enough for the two to appear together.
Either way I like this meet up of Chile (the embothrium) and Tasmania (callistemon). Think of the blue sky as a stand-in for the South Pacific ocean waters that would normally separate the pair.

Weather Diary, June 4: Hi 79, Low 50/ Precip 0

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10 comments:

  1. The yellow-green Callistemon is unusual and outstanding. The two blooms together AND the blue sky... you hit the trifecta.

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  2. So far apart, and yet so little in between!

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  3. AnonymousJune 05, 2019

    Loree's 'travels to the edge'
    rickii

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    1. Ah, I know what OPB programming you've been watching.

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  4. It's a pretty combination. The Callistemon viridilorus Tamara sent me last year is producing new leaves and growing ever so slowly but I look forward to the day (not likely to be this year or probably even next) when it blooms.

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    1. Such a knock out plant, hope you don't have to wait too long.

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  5. Ooh, I like how you think! How poetic! And I can't believe how tall your Embothrium is.... mine has barely grown at all. I think it's about a foot tall at this point. So, feeling a sting of envy over here... My Callistemon, on the other hand is taller and more floriferous this year, than ever before! So fluffy and yellow - I love it!

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    1. My Embothrium shot up quickly to avoid sun competition from the neighboring plants—it blooms a lot and for a long time. A drawback is that the blooms are so high in the sky I can't walk right up to them.

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