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| Row of coral Trees in Kenton. EC |
On Friday we took the doggies for a stroll at the La Lucia park. Don't know if I've mentioned before but I absolutely love Coral Trees, hi-tech name- Erythrina lysistemon. Unfortunately i didn't have my camera with me, but I picked up loads of fallen leaves from the magnificent tree. I did Look through my photo folders,and found some reference pics I've taken in the past.
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| They flower in winter from about July-October, before the new leaves appear in spring. |
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| I am particularly fond of the way the leaves bunch together. |
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| Although I never seem to be able to catch feeling in my terrible photographs, they really do look amazing from below. |
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| An open pod, a really beautiful form. |
My favorite thing about the tree (other than the long, narrow, bright orange-red-coral (my best colour) flowers, or the curvy pods that look pinched between the seeds, which then split to reveal the little dark orange seeds) is the leaves,of course. Their shape is almost like an upside down heart but with a drawn out tip, they sort of remind me of the Large leafed Rock Fig (one of my other favorites,which has special memories for me). They also have a very pronounced and beautiful vein structure on the underside. The funny thing is i love all leaves mostly for that intricate vein structure, and with all the leafy jewels i make, i have never captured that in a piece.
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| Perfectly Beautiful. |
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| Autumn time- Some of the leaves i picked up. |
The one problem I have with the Coral Tree is the big black hooked thorns that cover the trunk
and branches, this means no climbing :( no seeing the view from the trees perspective...
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| Sharp black hook thorns |
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