A fellow blogger at Seasonal Inspiration has been asked by a small child to make a flax Christmas tree this year.
It got me thinking about what might be in my garden and natural environment that could be incorporated on a flax Christmas tree. Flaxes are currently flowering and the yellow or red toning flowers that contain nectar to feed the native birds resemble small candles that I have seen in pictures of traditional Northern Hemisphere Christmas trees.
I would love to include the Christmassy looking Feijoa flowers and any Pohutukawa flowers that had begun to bloom ( Pohutukawa are known as New Zealand’s native/traditional Christmas tree, although they often flower around my area after Christmas Day)
Today I spotted the green seed pods of the Kowhai tree and I figure they currently resemble the strings of pretty coloured beads that often adorn Christmas trees.
I will keep looking….
ordinarygoodness 
Nice ideas Lynley; I’ll keep looking too.
I’m looking forward to seeing your flax Xmas tree Juliet.
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