Thursday, 14 January 2010

Silver Dollar Gum (Eucalyptus Polyanthemos)

Posted by Vicki at 10:30
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5 comments:

  1. Chuck Pefley14 January 2010 at 12:53

    I've always wondered where silver dollars grew. Now I know! Thanks. Can you pick a few bushels for me? Please?

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  2. Julie14 January 2010 at 13:16

    *grin*

    I guess it to be size and colour of the leaf.

    I like the pattern that you have chosen to display. Good combinaton of "silvers" and reds with the blue of the sky peeping through.

    Golly, it is cold here today.

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  3. Vicki14 January 2010 at 14:03

    LOL Yes, I could do with a few bushels or ten myself.

    I think the name derives from the shape, too. The clarity isn't as good as it should be. Probably down to me trying to snap a macro shot with a telephoto lens! We were picnicking in the dappled light under the tree – this was the view looking up.

    Gorgeous day here – currently 27.5C/82F.

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  4. Jim14 January 2010 at 15:53

    I've never heard that name before.
    Sydney - City and Suburbs

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  5. Vicki14 January 2010 at 16:08

    It's also known as Red Box, if that's any help: http://www.gumtrees.info/eucalypt-species.php

    Because we don't have silver dollars here, I'd imagine that it's a name coined (no pun intended) by an American.

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