There's a tree where I go out walking that has flowers that look like the attached. They hang down sort of like the branches on a weeping willow. The red flower part is probably about two inches from bottom to top.

Anybody know what kind of tree this is? I think it's kinda pretty.

tanstaafl.

New Zealand Christmas tree?
(dunno the latin name).

Wikipedia says Metrosideros excelsa.

True Pohutukawa don't weep like weeping willows, though; it's probably one of the many related species in Metrosideros or Callistemon -- perhaps this one. (Also here.)

Peter

Yes, that's it.

So far, out of all the questions I have ever asked on this bbs, you guys have had the answer to all but one of them. It's too bad we can't collectively go on some quiz show or something.

"Weeping bottle brush" tree. Marvelously descriptive!

tanstaafl.