Dec
5
Queenstown florist
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Above a very old picture I took from a beautiful garden of a Queenstown florist in spring with a few tulips.
It showed I had no idea then I would make a pictures of tulips blog later on, otherwise I would have made sure the tulips were focused and in the middle of the picture!
I visited Queenstown New Zealand maybe some 20 or more years ago, as me and my husband used to travel the whole world in search of a good place to retire.
We did some tours in New Zealand and if you like peace and quite, it’s for sure the place to be. There are more sheep than men in New Zealand, and I remember not having seen much of both during our New Zealand travel.
New Zealand doesn’t have highways and a city like Queenstown is like the only real city for miles and miles around. Other spots on the New Zealand map would be called villages here in Europe!
I also remember New Zealand has cold weather. Although we went in spring and we had sunny days, the New Zealand weather felt as on a sunny but cold winter day in Europe. Lots of cold winds didn’t make it that appealing, not even to go window shopping in Queenstown New Zealand.
But that was more than 20 years ago: maybe now due to global warming, New Zealand is a warmer place to stay.
I should go back there next October and have a look. Maybe they do need a Queenstown florist after all and maybe there are more people to interact with than 20 years ago.
Anyway, I am "doing my New Zealand homework" these days, corresponding with a real New Zealand kiwi called Eric (see our previous posts about New Zealand flower deliveries, Black tulip magnolia and other Dunedin flowers).
Nov
29
Black tulip magnolia
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How amazing New Zealand flowers are: look at the above beautiful dark tulip flowers.
The expert eye will notice that these ‘tulips flowers’ actually are magnolia flowers. But from far, this New Zealand cultivars of the black tulip magnolia looks like a tree of dark tulips. (black tulip Vulcan x)
The resemblance to real tulip flowers is much more accurate than what you see in the tree flowers of a common tulip tree:
Thanks to Eric (see our previous post about New Zealand flower deliveries) for all the black and white pictures of a tulip tree and other Dunedin flowers!
Tulip tree growth rate
The Black tulip magnolia is actually a slow growing dwarf tulip tree. This compact rounded magnolia tree will only reach a height of 1.5 to 3 m (9 to 18 feet).
What’s great about magnolia trees is that they have a low and easy maintenance, are frost hardy and give you an abundance of tree flowers in early spring. Do remember that the flowers can be damaged by frost, so plant your magnolia tree under shelter in a partial sunny place.
If you live on the northern site of the globe, it’s now the ideal time to order online and plant your black tulip magnolia tree: they are common in UK and New Zealand.
Nov
22
Dunedin flowers
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Pink tulips from New Zealand. These Dunedin flowers were sent to us by Eric (see New Zealand flower deliveries).
Unlike Christchurch that’s known to be the flower garden of New Zealand, Dunedin is more known for being a university city with Scottish roots.
Nevertheless, nature is all abundant in New Zealand, and Dunedin flowers are abundant in the Dunedin botanical garden established in 1863.
Although I am a tulip lover, you should visit the immense rock garden which is part of the Dunedin botanical garden.
This Dunedin rock garden hosts tiny flowers delivered from all corners of the world, flowers I have never seen before actually.
For the New Zealand flowers sent by Eric so far, I already started to save money to visit New Zealand next October and explore the Christchurch gardens and Dunedin flowers up close and personal.
