Tuesday, 8 September 2015

DESKTOP 770 - FLOWERING GUM

Eucalyptus caesia, commonly known as Caesia, Gungurru or Silver Princess, is a mallee of the Eucalyptus genus. It is endemic to the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, where it is found on a small number of granite outcrops. The name "silver" refers to the white powder that covers the branches, flower buds and fruit. "Gungurru" comes from the name used by the indigenous Noongar people. Two subspecies have been identified: caesia (about 6–9 metres tall) and magna (up to 15 metres tall). The bark is red-brown, of the curly minni ritchi type. Branches tend to flail or weep on the ground. Trees have large red-pink or white flowers, 40-50mm in diameter. They are widely grown as ornamental native plants, but have become rare in the wild.

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and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Trees & Bushes meme,
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5 comments:

  1. A Colorful World8 September 2015 at 06:16

    What a gorgeous flower on that tree...how wonderful to get to see these types of trees in your area!

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  2. NCSue8 September 2015 at 06:36

    These are such cool blooms. What kind of tree is this?
    Please drop by each week for Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday) to link up! So glad you joined in at this week's linky:
    http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/09/allium-glorious.html

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  3. eileeninmd8 September 2015 at 08:10

    What a pretty bloom, lovely color! Enjoy your week!

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  4. Klara8 September 2015 at 10:15

    what a nice plant.

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  5. NatureFootstep10 September 2015 at 10:48

    now that´s a special kind of flower. like the shape and color of it :)

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