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Isn't it?Fascinating stuff
I can see that I will have to go back to A Coruña. I wish that I had known of this tree back in 2019.Are you walking the Ingles or planning to visit A Coruña before heading home
This is consistent with the traditional wisdom that says that early flowering indicates that the coming Summer will be long and hot.Somewhere in all that I read they bloom in Spain between March and May, which seems early to me. But the (much smaller!!) one I saw in a park near the harbor was not blooming in July, so maybe that's right.
Me too.I can see that I will have to go back to A Coruña. I wish that I had known of this tree back in 2019
What a beauty!It looks like it is even bigger than this one.
Are you walking the Ingles or planning to visit A Coruña before heading home?
Here, courtesy of Google Maps, is a total wonder - an absolutely immense Pohutakawa. It has a pointer all its own on the map!
You can find it behind a police station (of all places), a 12 or 13 minute walk from the Igrexa de Santiago, where the arm of the Ingles from A Coruña begins. The directions tell me it takes as much time to walk as to take the bus.
So if you want to feel a little more at home before you set off - or just want to make a botanical pilgrimage - check out this amazing and venerable tree!
Here is an interesting article that mentions it - you'll need to scroll down past the botanical details; about a third of the way down the page. The history of this tree and the history of Aotearoa make a very interesting story.
Metrosideros excelsa o ( Pohutukawa "El eslabón perdido")
Nombre común : Metrosidero, Árbol de hierro, Árbol de Navidad Neozelandes. Familia : Myrtaceae. Origen : Nueva Zelanda. Introducción:...www.unjardinsostenible.com
Edit - After posting this I realized that A Coruña and Chch are antipodes of each other. That tree is as far from home as it is possible to be and still be on the planet.
So funny, because I had a similar experience in the garden by the port, and the penny didn't drop for a minute or two - until I remembered I wasn't actually in the Parnell Rose Garden or someplace like that, and what the heck were those trees doing here? In my defense they were not blooming, but still. I was completely aware of what they were.I was just walking along the street and saw the tree and at first it didn't even register - a flowering pohutukawa is such a familiar sight, it took some moments to click that I was still in Spain!
the metrosideros, sons of the one who is in the Local Police headquarters and who arrived from New Zealand
My all time favorite pony is buried under a young Pohutukawa. I chose the tree because its beautiful crimson flowers matched her mane and her personality.... Pohutukawa is associate with death, both the tree (at our northen most cape) and the star are viewed as the last holding place of the spirit before it is release into the heavens.
As a hardy costal tree there are Pohutukawa found on a number of places along the Galician Coast, including Muxia and Finisterre. There are also giant Cabbage trees down below the Parador at the start of the Camino in Ferrol, and even distinctive stutter cock forms of Nikau on the costal stretch of the Portuguse Camino. Not to mention numerous flax and hebes tucked into gardens. We might be flightless but Kiwis get around.
Griselinia seems to be especially mobile. It and flax have really traveled!Not to mention numerous flax and hebes tucked into gardens
Mr. Kilmer - not that it matters.Ms. Kilmer
What month were those photos taken @Blister Bill ?Great one at Muxia and a lovely grove before finisterre
Late May last year. I had seen some red flowering Manuka a few times from Ourense. Then a very large cabbage tree leaving Vilasario. But the grove of pohutas at Sardineiro blew me away. There was one just before you walk on the beach before Finisterre and the narly one virtually at the point in Muxia. Would love to know they were the missing link proofing that conquistador helmet dredged up in Wellington Harbour was not random !What month were those photos taken @Blister Bill ?
Of course historians rubbish the speculations, but...who knows?Would love to know they were the missing link proofing that conquistador helmet dredged up in Wellington Harbour was not random !
Absolutely- coupled with the ferns it very much has a homely vibe for me.I loved this article:
Of course historians rubbish the speculations, but...who knows?
Those are gorgeous cabbage trees, wow.
(As @hel&scmany said, so many NZ natives are in Galician gardens it can feel like being much closer to home than exactly ½ way round the world.)
I know the feeling. In my immediate area there are so many Pohutukawa it is easy to be somewhat blasé.but they still went past when it wasn't flowering.
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