Drouin's Christmas trees

Christmas lights tour – bah humbug!

Take a Christmas tree tour instead – Drouin has some beauties.

(Try and imagine some of these localities without the tree(s). Click on images for a larger view.)

Jacarandas are not native to Australia but they have become a popular street and garden tree.





                                                           
           

They mix well with other species or they can stand alone as a specimen tree, looking especially attractive surrounded by ‘purple snow’ when the petals begin to drop. Many of Drouin’s street Jacarandas are beautiful but there are some even better ones in some private gardens.

                

One or two of Drouin’s Angophoras are beginning to flower. The large white flowerheads will be most prolific next month.





                                                                    

           



                

Angophora species are native to Australia. They can grow large but one of their most attractive features is the pink and grey trunks and branches when they shed their bark in Spring.

 

The Cape Chestnut is a South African tree that is widely propagated for its prolific and beautiful flowers that have a delightful smell.

After a visit to South Africa during his term as Shire Engineer, from 1925 to 1946, R E Ross obtained some seeds and had them propagated and planted in Drouin. We benefit from his legacy to this day.

Author’s favourite – Mountain Grey Gum. You have to look hard but some of our giants do flower at this time of year. Normally, Mountain Grey Gums will flower in Autumn. Lorikeets and other honeyeaters like to visit these blossoms for their daily nectar dose.

Seasonal best wishes to all followers of the Friends of Drouin's Trees.