<div dir="ltr"><div>Those of you following us on social media may have heard of this. However for those who have been in NZ and wonder about those trees with red flowers or those trees with a shower of red stamens covering the ground around it...<br><br></div>Pohutukawa is a tree that flowers around Christmas time. Hence it is also known as the NZ Christmas Tree. They were flowering around early Dec 2014 and some trees are still covered with red while you are in Auckland in Jan 2015.<br><br><br><div><span class=""><a href="http://nzgardener.co.nz/plant-know-how-pohutukawa-rata/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://nzgardener.co.nz/</span><span class=""></span>plant-know-how-pohutukawa-rata/</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosideros_excelsa" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</span><span class=""></span>Metrosideros_excelsa</a><br> <a href="http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/tall-broadleaf-trees/page-3" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/</span><span class=""></span>tall-broadleaf-trees/page-3</a></span><br><br></div><div>Peak Pohutukawa is a collection of photos put on the web on 30 Dec 2014 with people being asked to contribute their pics in the comments<br><br><span><span class=""><a class="" dir="ltr" href="http://publicaddress.net/capture/peak-pohutukawa/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://publicaddress.net/capture/peak-pohutukawa/</a><br><a class="" dir="ltr" href="http://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-peak-pohutukawa/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://publicaddress.net/.../cafe/capture-peak-pohutukawa/</a><br><br><br></span></span></div><div><span><span class="">enjoy<br><br></span></span></div><div><span><span class="">ps if you're the person (sorry I don't recall who) who asked about a purple flowering tree, I suggest you tweet "what is this" #auckland and where you took the pic. someone may be able to reply. Otherwise email me the pic and I'll ask for you<br><br><br></span></span></div><div><br></div></div>