Archive for the 'Eucalypts' Category

I was hoping to be able to take a photo of the Purple-Crowned Lorikeets in the canopy of Eucalyptus stricklandii. They are rowdy birds when feeding on the prolific nectar supply of this Eucalypt and others in the town. This tree is highly valued for its nectar production.
This also could be called ‘the perfect [...]

Every Christmas I have used the flowers from Eucalyptus stricklandii as part of the table decorations. Except last Christmas because the tree was not in flower then. The Purple-Crowned Lorikeets and Red Wattlebirds have found the flowers and the trees are alive with birds. I could not get a photo to include the birds [...]

I took the camera out this morning to take photos of the different colour forms of Eucalyptus ficifolia (Western Australian Flowering Gum). The hot north winds that we have had lately have finished the flowers on some trees. There is a lovely deep red form I could not get close to so I will have [...]

The bees have found the flowers on our Eucalyptus cladocalyx ‘Nana’, (Bushy Sugar Gum). The smell of honey is in the air on these hot dry days that we are having and there is a constant hum from the canopy of this tree in particular.
This is a smaller version of Sugar Gum and is [...]

This delightful shrub had only been a name and description until I came across it growing at the entrance gate to Medika Art Gallery at Blyth in the mid north of South Australia. The owner of the gallery is also a keen propagator of Australian native plants.
Eucalyptus pimpiniana grows to about 2 metres. It [...]