2 September 2023

Today we had a great time at Mutch park in the Sydney suburb of Eastgardens catching up with friends and enjoying the sunshine. The kids were skateboarding and running around, the dogs were chasing each other and the parents had fun chatting and walking.

I noticed another beautiful wattle tree in bloom at the top of the hill and we started climbing the hill to have a closer look.

The wattle was stunning as always but there was also a nice surprise right behind it which we couldn’t see from the bottom of the hill.

It was a magnificent tree with flaming red flowers on the branches without any leaves on them. Turns out was a Coral Tree (Erythrina), of the pea family, Fabaceae.

It sure did look like coral, both the flowers and the shape of the branches. What a find!

Spectacular flowers of the Coral Tree.

… and the whole of the Coral Tree.