My final New Zealand Botanical stitchery block is now completed, designed by Jenny Hunter. The bright purply-red bell shaped flowers have stamens laden with intense blue sticky pollen.
My final NZ Botanical stitchery block
Photo bombed by Gemma
Kotukutuku is considered to be the world’s largest fuchsia. In damp forest it can grow to 12m tall and form a trunk over 1m in diameter. It is one of New Zealand’s few truly deciduous trees, losing its leaves in winter in all but the warmest areas. Attractive, small flowers appear between August and December. They change from greenish-yellow to purple-red. The flowers are rich in nectar and are visited by honey-eating birds, especially tui, bellbirds and silvereyes.
8 comments:
Hi Jenny this is so beautiful ,stunning work my friend,and your story about the flower was very interesting,thankyou for sharing with us xx
It would be amazing to see a fuchsia as large as you describe. Well done, you, for finishing your blocks.
I see it meets the required standard then! LOL Cats do like to join in dont they?
I am loving all these blocks. This one is so lovely Jenny x
I've enjoyed seeing each block being stitched and reading the description of the plants when the blocks were finished.
Lovely work on your fuchsia block and well done getting to the last one.
They sound gorgeous. I love fuchsias. Now you will have fun setting all of your blocks. I'm looking forward to seeing what you create. What hand stitching will you work on during your travels now?
Beautiful blocks, the actual trees sound lovely. Have a wonderful stitching week.
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