Rashika 644 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 i dunno about globe artichoke, might be but i have grown them before and these look a bit different especially the leaves. just looking at some google pics and I think it could well be the globe artichoke, or a close relation. I am thinking I should grow some more next year! Link to post Share on other sites
Rashika 644 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 i am just amazed at the bees though, they seriously look like they have been on the wacky bakky! Link to post Share on other sites
Rashika 644 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 AHAAAAA, it is actually a cardoon plant! very closely related to the globe apparently, but you eat the leaves (cooked) not the fruit. Kinda makes sense cos the fruit didnt do what a regular globe does. And i remember that it WAS one of the names of the herb plants I got, i just had no idea what it was gonna look like, its quite amazing 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Rashika 644 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hmmm so what is it? The bees like it, and i am thinking of using it in my plant collection but i have no idea what it is Link to post Share on other sites
Derek 1,358 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 [ATTACH]3600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]3601[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]3603[/ATTACH] Hmmm so what is it? The bees like it, and i am thinking of using it in my plant collection but i have no idea what it is Is it a Pandorea of some type? Jasminoides? (suggestion courtesy of my wife). Link to post Share on other sites
Rashika 644 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 not a vine like pandorea, and very small flowers, maybe 5-10mm across, fragrant like Jasmine, not as strong but similar pleasant scent, apparently very strong growing according to the house owner (my childrens carer) Link to post Share on other sites
Katikita 375 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I took these photos today in Auckland. Bees and wasps both working it. Don't know it's name. Link to post Share on other sites
Rashika 644 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Looks like a fuschia type flower? Link to post Share on other sites
deejaycee 2,457 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 oh oh oh... I might just know that one. Dombeya? I know that's probably not the spelling, but Ruud Kleinpaste popped up at the Trees for Bees field walk with a branch for Linda Newstrom-Lloyd - he'd found native bees going nuts over it. Link to post Share on other sites
Katikita 375 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Thanks Dee pretty sure you are right. It's in the back of someone's garden next to my local fruit and vege shop. It's very impressive, bees love it and great to see something flowering like this @ this time of year. Might investigate in getting one, though they seem to be more tropical!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Nolee 16 Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I saw these plants at Hamilton Garden few days ago but missed looking at the name tag on the ground. Could someone please name these for me.seems like bees love them. thanks very much. Link to post Share on other sites
Katikita 375 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Saw this bush/tree near our camping ground out of Whangarei. Any ideas???? Heaps of Bumbles all over it!! Link to post Share on other sites
Erin 1,290 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Saw this bush/tree near our camping ground out of Whangarei. Any ideas???? Heaps of Bumbles all over it!! Its a star-flower - I have the scientific name at home somewhere, so I'll add that later. Its very easy to grow from cuttings and you can also buy it in garden centres and the warehouse. The lower branches tend to cascade/trail and will easily strike root if in contact with soil. Wikipedia: Grewia occidentalis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Bumble bees in my garden are all over this and this plant is all over most pongas here. Anyone know what it is? Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,232 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 A Rata, Metrosideros perforata 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erin 1,290 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 A Rata, Metrosideros perforata yep white rata. very pretty Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Rob Atkinson 491 Posted February 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2014 Lance wood just starting to flower at home and bees are working it 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Bees were all over this today, I can't find what it is, does anyone know? Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,232 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Grevillea Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Watson 11 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Grevillea sp possibly Robyn Gordon cultivar .... Or similar........great source of nectar if they can get down to the nectary. Great flower when out camping in Aust. If you've forgotten to bring the sugar for the tea...Shake a flower into your hand and have a lick, pure nectar! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Jared@bex 196 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Just wondering if anyone knows what this tree is, we have a few good patches of it flowering 1 Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,232 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 One of the Australian Acacias. It not Blackwood I don't think Link to post Share on other sites
Jared@bex 196 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thanks yesbut that gives me something to go on Link to post Share on other sites
Jared@bex 196 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Perhaps it's Acacia Pycnantha? If it is does anyone now if the bees work it Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 My blackwood is flowering and blowing the same kind of blossom all over the place, it looks like it is snowing! Link to post Share on other sites
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