Kowhai

The Kowhai is New Zealands National Flower.

It is a small twiggy tree which flowers in the spring, the beautiful yellow bell like flowers appear before the fern type leaves. Native birds love feeding in the Kowhai.

Common name - Kowhai means Yellow.

Moari name - Kowhai, the letters WH are pronounced as an F so the Kowhai is none as KO-FI.

I took the flowers from a low angle to show the pretty stamens.