Oh happy day! My Embothrium coccineum is going to bloom...

Wrapping up an afternoon in the garden and what should my tired eyes see but this:

Squee!!! My Embothrium coccineum is going to bloom!!! After seeing the ones just down the street at McMenamins Kennedy School blooming weeks ago, and hearing tales of others blooming in here in Portland and up in the Seattle area, I'd thoroughly searched my plant for any sign of buds. I thought this was not to be my year. BUT IT IS! Let's see, I planted it in 2012 so that's 3 years from short little guy to tall (kinda odd looking) tree that's going to bloom! Last December I featured it as a favorite plant, and wrote about the fact it was loosing some of it's leaves. It's rebounded nicely (obviously) although it is a little awkward looking. Sort of "poodle-like"...

And in case you're wondering there are several buds.. You know I'll be taking lots of pictures when they open and illustrate why the common name of this protea relative is the Chilean flame tree...

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