[SOLVED] does anyone know the name of this tree?

[bonsai_Dan]

Hi All

Does anyone know the name of this tree? I just can't remember it and I've google what i think it maybe but still not really to sure.



cheers
Dan

Solved
by rowan - Metrosideros excelsa

[rowan]

At first I thought it was a NZ Christmas tree but I'm not sure.
I have been going to try a NZ Christmas tree for a while now because they grow great arial roots for a non-tropical tree but I have not got around to it, this has prompted me to go out and get one after Christmas.

(wikipedia) The Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens. The Pōhutukawa is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand. Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, it has found an important place in New Zealand's culture, both of the European settlers and Maori - being venerated for spirituality, strength and beauty, and considered one of the "chiefly trees", the rakaurangatira.[1]

[fae]

Is it a New Zealand Christmas Bush ?

[bonsai_Dan]

Thats what i was thinking it was but I'm not sure Beautiful tree. I should have written the name of it when i was at the show.

[Pup]

Metrosideros excelsa, Pohutukawa; New Zealand Christmas tree; or if you like Fred he also comes from New Zealand

Cheers Pup

Ps most of the trees we see as Bonsai are the variegated variety.

[bonsai_Dan]

Cheers pup. That name worked a lot better in google.

[Pup]

Cheers pup. That name worked a lot better in google.

Which one Fred or Pohutukawa, you will have to forgive me, just got in from the Strata Company annual swim thru, although I think I was the only one swimming

Pup Pup

[bonsai_Dan]

The full Metrosideros excelsa, Pohutukawa; New Zealand Christmas tree. Look up fred but all i could find was the flintstones, freddy krugar and right said fred.
Strata Company annual swim thru is that a charity type thing is it? Competition swimming?