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Eliza Waters 
An apropos name!
Very! 🙂
How cool!!
Amazing flowers, eh? Thanks, Dale. ❤
Very!
Love these. Excellent close-up, Eliza. 🙂
Thank you, Jane. Thanks to Trader Joes, we get to enjoy some cool cut flowers. 🙂
Almost looks like one of our Banksia’s Eliza. And a delight after winter 🤗❤️🙏
African in origin, grown in California and flown to the east coast, a species that has made its way around. 🙂
Ah, I have no doubt. She knows how to light up the room well 🤗❤️🙏
Sweet.
Thanks, Cindy! You probably grow these at the Holler?
Ooh, so striking!
Thanks, Isha. Amazing structure to get lost in. 😉
I am glad you are able to enjoy ‘my’ flowers 🙂 🙂 🙂
What a treat to find this in the cut flower section of the grocery store! Love it. 🙂
Wonderful shot
Thank you, Sheree!
Pleasure Eliza
My goodness! There’s red, and then there’s this! It seems almost otherworldly; what a great plant.
Pretty amazing cut flower, long-lasting, too. Thanks, Linda!
And as unpleasant if sat on the wrong way?
I wouldn’t dare try! 😉
These do not seem real even though I know they are!
IKR? They last ages in a vase. 🙂
So intricate! Beautiful photo!
Thank you, Alice. 🙂
What a great plant that blooms indoors.
Thanks, I imagine they need lots of sun being from Africa. 🙂
Such intriguing pattern! I love the deep red colour.
Thank you, Maria. Easy to get lost inside of one!
What exuberant flowers and beautiful photos 😊.
Thank you, Belinda. They are pretty amazing!
So pretty and colorful in this season of parched brown.
Thank you, Monika. Hopefully green is right around the corner. 🙂
What a fascinating picture — it looks rather other-worldly!!
Indeed, it does. Cool stuff in nature abounds! Thanks, Debbie. 🙂
What a stunning close up !!
Thank you, so much is revealed in macro!
Vivid reds, lots of fascinating details at the center. What cool flower!
Thanks, Tom. They really shine in macro.
I love pincushion shrubs and have 5 of them now, all but one currently in bloom. It’s not clear how fire resistant they are, which is something of a conundrum at the moment, though.
https://krispgarden.blogspot.com/
And I admire yours very much, your blog is where I learned their name! I know they hail from the African bush veld, which occasionally is subject to wildfires. Certain species’ tops will burn, but the rootstock regenerates. Not sure if that is helpful!
I know that a lot of plants native to South Africa (and Australia) will germinate and regrow following wildfires but the issue here is: Is a plant flammable and will its embers fly , causing structures to burn?
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Ugh, tough dilemma to have. I reckon just about everything has its flash point.
Wowser!
Such a cool flower! Thanks, Susie. 🙂
Wow! A blast of hot African colour to warm up your winter/spring windowsill Eliza! It’s gorgeous!
Thank you, Cathy. I’m enjoying them so much!
What a treat!
IKR? Such a fun flower!
How pretty! Perfectly named, too. 🙂
Yes, truly! Thanks, Robin. 🙂
Love the color, bold and soft at the same time!
Thank you, Barbara!
Beautifully captured! I have never seen one of these. I was about to ask you what it is called. Then I realized that pincushion is actually its name, right? 😊
Thank you! Yes, the common name is Pincushion and the genus is Leptospermum.
Oops, I meant Leucospermum!
I thought you meant you had just made a spelling mistake. Then, I looked them up and realized they are different names. I learn so much from bloggers. Thank you! 😊
Yes, and I learned the names from a blogger in SoCal! I love that. 🙂
Unique and gorgeous, wow!
Thank you, Donna!
Hi Eliza. That is sooo weird.
MJ
Ha, yes, I reckon it is! 😉
Such a magnificent plant.
Quite extraordinary, I agree. Do you grow any in your garden?
I don’t have them here – they look a bit like native Waratahs which a lady up the mountain grows – so I guess I could grow then here. 😊
These are beautiful. I planted one not too long ago, but it died. I’m still trying to figure out why.
Bummer, they are remarkable flowers. Maybe it needed a bit more water to get established? Your climate can be tricky!
Yes, I think so and I did plant in summer. I will try again in Spring.
If you can find one, fall is a good time to plant as well because of your winter rains. Good luck!
Nice going with the abstractness that the closeup provides.
Thanks much!
Gorgeous! Flowers are the best designers!
Indeed, these have been fun to look at every day.
Lovely to see you showcasing this South African plant! Most pincushion species occur in the Fynbos biome in the Western Cape. Cut-flower cultivation and trade for export is huge here, with wild harvested plants also contributing.
A beautiful, unusual and long-lasting cut flower.