Friday, 26 September 2014

Kowhai




The Kowhai is one of New Zealand's favourite flowering trees.  They are a great source of nectar for the Tui and other birds and stand out with their beautiful golden flowers.

There are 8 different species of Kowhai in New Zealand, I have 2 of them in my garden.  Some can grow up to 25m (82 ft) but this one is one of the smaller varieties.

As our unofficial national flower you will find images of the flowers throughout New Zealand in design work, paintings and carvings.


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15 comments:

  1. TexWisGirl26 September 2014 at 11:53

    the blossoms look quite heavily clumped. neat!

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  2. Andrea26 September 2014 at 13:47

    The flowers look like it is a legume tree. The beauty of temperate trees in bloom is that there are not much leaves like ours here in the tropics. I am going to NZ in Dec as my sister is in the suburbs of Auckland. I will browse on your posts to see what i would be seeing in my 1 month stay there. thanks.....Andrea

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  3. Stephanie26 September 2014 at 13:54

    Interesting flower, look heavy, nice yellow and bright blooms.

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  4. doodles n daydreams26 September 2014 at 17:34

    Aahhh, the beautiful Kowhai. Summer is on the way.

    Diana

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  5. Tom26 September 2014 at 21:37

    This yellow will brighten my day. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  6. Ida27 September 2014 at 15:20

    Sort of reminds me of Magnolia or Tulip trees but with yellow blooms. Very pretty indeed.

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  7. DeniseinVA27 September 2014 at 16:29

    These trees must be a spectacular sight and those bright yellow blooms are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them Jocee. I have never seen them before.

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  8. Unknown27 September 2014 at 18:44

    Beautiful! I like the bright yellow colour. I haven't seen this one before.

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  9. Lina Gustina27 September 2014 at 20:29

    Unique flowers with wonderful color. Its name is unique too.
    hwww.womenandperspectives.com/2014/09/orchids-in-cart.html

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  10. Arija28 September 2014 at 11:21

    Thank you, I am so glad you posted these as one of our wild pigs is called Kowhai, nice to know what she was named after. A beautiful tree with it's striking golden flowers

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  11. Laura29 September 2014 at 00:31

    Absolutely beautiful! I do hope you will share with I Heart Macro… the next link opens tonight:-)

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  12. Our photos30 September 2014 at 02:42

    Beautiful!
    Greetings...

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  13. MTWaggin30 September 2014 at 05:29

    Your spring is arriving with amazing yellow colors!

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  14. Melbourne Australia Photos2 October 2014 at 14:39

    Beautiful shots of this wonderful tree and its flowers.
    Thank you for participating in the Floral Friday Fotos meme and hope to see you continuing to contribute.

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  15. Laura4 October 2014 at 07:23

    So glad you participated Jocee:-)

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