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Monday, 7 November 2011

Flowering kangaroo paws

On Sunday we visited Kings Park in our capital city, Perth.
Kings Park is a beautiful park of natural bushland, cultivated gardens, walking paths, playgrounds, waterways, wildflower displays and war memorials. It overlooks Perth city and the Swan River.

We have missed the main wildflower display this year, but there were still a number of kangaroo paws flowering. And I would like to share a few with you.

In the image below, the orange one in the LH top corner is called "Kings Park Federation Flame".
Kangaroo paws are found only in the south west of Western Australia, and there are twelve species. Eleven of these are the Anigozanthos genus, but one of them is the genus Macropidia, the Black Kangaroo Paw - seen here in the top RH corner.


Below is the Green Kangaroo Paw. It flowers in my front garden. Every 5 years or so we burn it (as would happen in the bush) and it regenerates afresh. 
Below is the Red Kangaroo Paw. These photos were taken on our recent south coast trip to Hopetoun and the Fitzgerald River National Park. In the lower LF corner you can see the mass flowering.


and another view of the beautiful "King Park Federation Flame" - anigozanthous rufus -
a variety I had never seen before.


and Western Australia's floral emblem - the red and green Mangles Kangaroo Paw - anigozanthos manglesli - it grows in profusion in the bush in spring in my area


You may have seen this one before in my previous post.  Where-wild-orchids-grow

To see more images of Kings Park - please go to my Tour Western Australia blog - click on the link here - Kings Park

I hope you have enjoyed viewing these kangaroo paws - thank you for stopping by. I look forward to hearing from you if you would like to leave a message.
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8 comments:

  1. Teacup-In-The-Garden7 November 2011 at 13:12

    WOW, what a wonderful post and so beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing!
    Have a nice week,
    Markus

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  2. Snap7 November 2011 at 21:38

    Gorgeous! I love kangaroo paws and must try growing them here again. Happy Monday.

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  3. Wandering Thought7 November 2011 at 22:57

    My goodness, these are just heavenly to see! Your photos are absolutely beautiful.

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  4. Veronica7 November 2011 at 23:17

    Wow Jill these pics are just exquisite! I have always loved the red one and it is on my wish list. Beautiful!!

    Veronica

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  5. ellen b.8 November 2011 at 05:29

    Hi Jill! Your photography is stunning! I enjoyed every photo. Beautiful mosaics...

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  6. black eyed susans kitchen8 November 2011 at 22:02

    Amazing photos...I have never seen a plant like this before! They are just beautiful!

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  7. Karen @ Pieces of Contentment7 December 2011 at 05:08

    You have captured these so beautifully Jill. I bought a kangaroo paw plant early November but it died. I'll try again one day.
    I am now following you, although for some unknown reason my profile photo won't show. Love your photography, it's very special and lovely to see our native plants so beautifully captured.

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  8. Anonymous21 December 2012 at 18:19

    Hi Jill,
    Loved your article. I am collecting kangaroo paws and have a beautiful hot pink flowered one! Stunning!!
    You have a great skill with your camera, thanks for sharing.
    Julii.

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