While driving the winding road to Hana, we came across this grove of painted eucalyptus trees. I would have liked to have gone into the grove but they were blocked off by a barbed wire fence. Had I been 20 years younger, I probably would have still tried to get in, but if I was to try it now, I probably wouldn’t be here to write this blog.
According to Wikipedia, the Eucalyptus deglulpta, aka painted eucalyptus, rainbow eucalyptus, or Mindanao gum, is the only eucalyptus species found naturally in the Northern Hemisphere. Patches of the outer bark are shed annually at different times showing a bright green inner bark which darkens and matures to give blue, purple, orange and then maroon tones. It can grow to a height of 200 feet with trunks as wide as 8 feet.
It is a unique and beautiful tree.
Maralee
Through My Lens 
I photographed the same grove a few years back . . . they almost don’t look real.
I’ve been to Hana a number of times and this was the first time I saw these trees. I even did the Hana relays running from Kahului to Hana and even at that slow pace, didn’t notice them. I guess I wasn’t very observant in those days.
We tend not to notice the familiar.
Absolutely gorgeous!! WOW!
Thanks so much, Cee. They are very unusual trees.
So otherworldly.
We have a lot of them here, and I have a lot of pictures of them, too! There is one just to the right of the San Diego Zoo entrance that I always stop and admire.
unique!