Grevillea robusta, commonly known as the southern silky oak or silky oak, or Australian silver oak, is the largest species in the genus Grevillea of the family Proteaceae. It is not closely related to the true oaks, Quercus. It is a native of eastern coastal Australia, in riverine, subtropical and dry rainforest environments receiving more than 1,000 mm per year of average rainfall. ( Wikipedia information)
Jack planted this Silky Oak tree about 12 years ago. He bought it as a 6 inch tall seedling from a market. Now look at it.
It towers above the houses and it is still growing. It is beautiful when in flower and the lorikeets love the abundant nectar it produces. But look at all the leaves it drops…
I’m not sure how safe it would be if a hurricane roared through and I would like to prune the top off it, but the tree man tells me he is not allowed to touch it as it is a native…
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Nalinki on “Angles and views” is hosting a weekly series called: “Flowersoverflowers”, it will be posted every Tuesday. The idea is to bring some more colorful pics of nature into our blogosphere.
A towering beauty!!!!!!!!!!
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It certainly is 😊
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Good heavens, that’s tall! Wonderfully flamboyant though, Pauline 🙂
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Flamboyant is a good word for it and more so when it is full of squawking lorikeets having breakfast…
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Seems I managed to merge two posts into One :-D…. Love the flower, wonderful colour xx
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How fabulous are these photo’s Pauline.. The Duck is lovely, And that tree Jack planted, wow, how it has grown.. Beautiful shares as I settle down to catch up here a little 🙂
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Pleased you “ducked” by Sue…
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🙂 lol.. always happy to waddle over way Pauline
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🙂
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As a native species it must be very tough and hopefully evolved to be ready for hurricanes. Are you sure Jack didn’t plant that from a bean seed😊!
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I can imagine a giant climbing up it!!!!
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It’s really elegant. What a fast grower though. 🙂
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Yes a fast grower and now we are stuck with it!!!!
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A bit like a parent with a teenager. 😃
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Oh yes I like that comment…
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😄
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wonderful! 12 years and that tall, wow!
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Yes and still growing!!!!
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The RUC is all Silky Oak, Pauline and now I know what the flowers look like I’m sure we’ve got a fair few of these at the creek as well 😀
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I love the soft silky look of the grain in this wood Dianne. It does make lovely furniture too.
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Love its orange flowers! I’ve never seen anything like this – very exotic! 😊🎨
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They are beautiful against a blue sky.
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