Jacaranda - Jacaranda mimosofolia

October = Jacaranda.

If you have a really good photo, send it through to brisbanestreettrees @ gmail .com

Till then I will use this picture which I got taking the dog for a walk. Oh and here is a tip for those people who get annoyed by the purple flowers that end up lying all over the ground - move somewhere else.

Golden Trumpet Tree. Tabebuia. Ipê

The yellow tree, or perhaps more correctly the YELLOW tree.
I mean, what a display (show off).

Corky bark keeps a little bit of interest through the rest of the year.

I guess.

Drunken Parrot Tree - Schotia brachypetala

A weed is a plant growing in the wrong place. That's the motto of this South African native. Declared a noxious pest in some parts of the country, the Drunken Parrot Tree is at home in the suburbs of Brisbane where it's spreading behaviour is under control. Well, at least we hope so.

The flowers are just about to hit their peak at the moment, and true enough to their name they are filled with drunken parrots. Well feeding parrots. Ok, technically I saw lorikeets that were in the trees and they may have just been sitting there. HEY WHOSE BLOG IS THIS ANYWAY! Sorry, running out of coffee in the house and it seems to have affected me somewhat.

Cupaniopsis anacardioides

July and the Tuckeroo trees are in full flower. How much flower? So much flower that the streets have a yellow carpet covering.Standing under the trees you can hear the gentle hum of bees collecting the pollen. Unless, of course, you get too close and then it is not a gentle hum but the terrifying warning siren of manic needle wielding machines of hate. Me, I like honey, so I say tuckeroo right in my black and yellow buddies.

Streets Littered with flowers that have made peace with the world.

 A close up of the Tuckeroo flowers.

A Tuckeroo in full bloom.

Leopard Tree - Caesalpinia ferea

Another import from Brazil, this tree has a reputation of waiting for pedestrians to walk nearby and then severing it's own limbs and hurling them at the innocents below. Hence the protective barrier around the base of this one.

Ivory Curl Flower - Buckinghamia celsissima

When I first moved up to Brisbane and saw these trees in flower, I was impressed and asked a local what sort of tree it was. 'I don't know' was the reply. Hence, in part the reason for this blog. Handy way for me to keep track of exactly when stuff comes into flower as well. These trees have been in flower for about a month now, but I reckon that they are at their peak right now in early February 2015.