Wandering around the waterfall gardens last night, I realised lots of the native plants were in full flower. Had to take some photos. The bees were going nuts over the Rewarewa in particular. This is a young tree and I had never seen the full process of the buds opening, particularly at eye level. Fascinating process!
Another novelty is just how short many of the Cabbage Trees are when they are having their first flower. Every one of them was grown by me from a 5cm seedling, so I have a vested interest in my babies!! Maybe there is something about the season, but again, you don't normally see them flower at eye height. Hoping they don't all branch out that height, as most have been grown so you can see past the trunks.
