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[chrisbulldog]

Showing a pic of the waratahs in bloom at Mt Barrow Forest Drive , late November . I'm especially interested in viewing the yellow variety , which i believe is in south Wellington range somewhere. Can anyone pinpoint roughly where they are ?

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[Mystic]

Nice bushes Chris.

Yellow waratahs growing naturally??? Had not heard of them and did a bit of googling to see what I could discover. I found that there is a variety called "Bush Glow" that is a hybrid, resulting from a 20 year breeding program..

A 20 year breeding program of waratah from NSW, Victoria &Tasmania representing species Telopea speciossima, oreades & truncata has produced exciting new flowers.

More details and images can be found here

There is a commercial garden at Nietta (near Ulverstone) that appears to have them flowering in November. Details Here

I have not heard of yellow waratahs growing naturally, though, having seen images of them I may have seen something quite similar in my travels. Unfortunately could not say for certain or where. It does appear unlikely they are a natural species, maybe someone else can help out and correct me if I am wrong.

[chrisbulldog]

Nice bushes Chris.

Yellow waratahs growing naturally??? Had not heard of them and did a bit of googling to see what I could discover. I found that there is a variety called "Bush Glow" that is a hybrid, resulting from a 20 year breeding program..



More details and images can be found here

There is a commercial garden at Nietta (near Ulverstone) that appears to have them flowering in November. Details Here

I have not heard of yellow waratahs growing naturally, though, having seen images of them I may have seen something quite similar in my travels. Unfortunately could not say for certain or where. It does appear unlikely they are a natural species, maybe someone else can help out and correct me if I am wrong.

[chrisbulldog]

Thanks Anna for your info. Looks like the hybrid ones at those gardens ..close to me so will have a look next Nov. As regards the wild variety, quoting from Wildflowers of Tasmania by H.J.King and T.E.Burns , " The flowers appear in heads at the ends of branches and are scarlet, deep red or very rarely clear yellow". So i googled waratahs and 1 site mentioned south Wellington ranges for them . Shhh but will have a squiz along pipeline Track later this year .
It also mentions in the same book " Folklore tells us of a fabulous white Waratah to be found in remote mountain regions "
Now i know that is not folklore because ive seen them beside the Lyell Hwy going towards Mt Arrowsmith , so this book might not be entirely accurate. Cheers Chris

[Shane V]

I hadn't heard of yellow Waratahs till yesterday, thanks. They do look cool though, but i do like the natives. Cool shot Chris