New Zealand Christmas Tree. Metrosideros excelsa, with common names pohutukawa (māori: These trees grow wild all around the place, and particularly near the ocean!
It measures 66 feet high, with a trunk circumference of 338 inches and a crown spread of 82 feet. The new zealand christmas tree is called pohutukawa. Since christmas in new zealand falls in the midst of summer, it is a perfect time. Pōhutukawa), new zealand christmas tree, new zealand christmas bush, and iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family.
Note the buds yet to open!
Real snowman near christmas tree. The 'pōhutukawa' is one of twelve metrosideros species endemic to new zealand. Free for commercial use no attribution required high quality images. Metrosideros excelsa, with common names pōhutukawa, new zealand pohutukawa, new zealand christmas tree, new zealand christmas bush, and iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens.
