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Common names, Illyarrie, Red-capped gum, Helmet nut gum
When we first started planning our wild garden, I decided that I wanted an Australian native tree for each member of my family that flowered on their birthday. In Perth, this tree flowers February to April, so I thought it an ideal tree to plant for my husband, grandson and myself, all who have birthdays in April. However, here we are in July, several hundreds of kilometres south of Perth and our trees are only just coming into flower.
Never mind, it is still one of the most spectacular of the eucalypts when in flower. The flower may be 7 cm across with four tufts of golden stamens at each of the "corners" and are in groups of three. The flowers are preceded by large rectangular scarlet buds and are followed by large helmet-shaped fruits. There may be so many of them that they weigh the tree down.
The foliage of is dark green and the leaves are sickle-shaped. The bark is creamy with a few rough patches of loose brown bark.
When we first started planning our wild garden, I decided that I wanted an Australian native tree for each member of my family that flowered on their birthday. In Perth, this tree flowers February to April, so I thought it an ideal tree to plant for my husband, grandson and myself, all who have birthdays in April. However, here we are in July, several hundreds of kilometres south of Perth and our trees are only just coming into flower.
Never mind, it is still one of the most spectacular of the eucalypts when in flower. The flower may be 7 cm across with four tufts of golden stamens at each of the "corners" and are in groups of three. The flowers are preceded by large rectangular scarlet buds and are followed by large helmet-shaped fruits. There may be so many of them that they weigh the tree down.
The foliage of is dark green and the leaves are sickle-shaped. The bark is creamy with a few rough patches of loose brown bark.
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