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Yellow Poinciana

20 years ago

The colour on this is really lovely but the tree seems to struggle along, not as good a grower as it's mates in the background.

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Marion

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trini1trini
20 years ago
beautiful.........
goldhills
20 years ago
It looks great.
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20 years ago
Thats terrific Marion I have never seen a Yellow flowered one before.
Thanks so much for sharing.....Cheers..MM.
annie_____
20 years ago
How long has it been there, Marion?
alisonoz_gw
20 years ago
That's fantastic - you don;t have any skills in grafting, do you? I wonder how it would perform on a vigorous red root-stock?
I have a seedling grown one in a tub (what else) I expect I'm still going to have to wait about 10 years for a flower. Must remember to leave it to someone younger, in my will.
barbarah_70
20 years ago
Very nice, I don't think I've seen one.
ashmeri
Original Author
20 years ago
Annie I has been there for about 10 years would you beleive but is a bad doer in our poor soil.
The red ones are growing much better for some reason.
Alison, I have a few seeds , don't know how long to flowering but I have a red one that flowered at 3 years so I suppose the same.
Trouble is, I don't know whether the bee who did the pollinating strayed to the red one or came from the red one with his pollen.
There are a few yellow ones round Rockhampton but not as many as the big reds.
Marion

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