Hi Holly. It establishes itself on quite a few varieties of trees I think! Its parasitic grows over summer, fruits now~ and reveals itself when the leaves blow away ~in time for Christmas! xxx
It actually sends out tendrils.and to the roots of surrounding plants. it can go over 100 metres in all directions so when many trees look a bit dry the mistletoe is doing well.
wow that is amazing. I have no idea if the mistletoe here does that (send tendrils/ roots through the tree) but there is one huge tree I have seen this year smothered with clumps all over it, not quite as much as in your photo, but it looks as if the tree knows its!!! there!
Happy Monday Janet! And what a year for mistletoe in these parts!!! If you aren’t near the shops with all the glitz the mistletoe lets you know what time of year it is. Love Gill xxxx
LOVED the title, which I saw first and wondered, What tree could this be? Then when the kissing tree appeared on my screen — voila, filled with mistletoe. Gave me a big smile. 😀
There is another tree a little further away from the tree here that is bare of leaves and almost entirely covered in mistletoe about 30+ large bunches! Glad this post made you smile Jet 😉 🙂
Gill McGrath 
This is gorgeous, I’ve never seen a mistletoe tree before! ❤
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Hi Holly. It establishes itself on quite a few varieties of trees I think! Its parasitic grows over summer, fruits now~ and reveals itself when the leaves blow away ~in time for Christmas! xxx
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I didn’t know that, amazing! I love mistletoe, the fresh christmasy smell of it! Or is it the other way around! xxx!
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How often does one person’s post encourage an other’s. In Western Australia there is a parasitic tree that is very interesting as are all parasites. You might like to look at this one. http://www.cpbr.gov.au/mistletoe/images/caption-image/nuytsia-floribunda-tree.html
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Oh, this is beautiful , thank you for the link!
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is that yellow mistletoe growing on a host tree?
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It actually sends out tendrils.and to the roots of surrounding plants. it can go over 100 metres in all directions so when many trees look a bit dry the mistletoe is doing well.
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wow that is amazing. I have no idea if the mistletoe here does that (send tendrils/ roots through the tree) but there is one huge tree I have seen this year smothered with clumps all over it, not quite as much as in your photo, but it looks as if the tree knows its!!! there!
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Yes I think it does smell Christmasy one way or another! xxx
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thank you Gil – your photographs capture perfectly the atmosphere of this day:) Happy Monday. Janet .xx
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Happy Monday Janet! And what a year for mistletoe in these parts!!! If you aren’t near the shops with all the glitz the mistletoe lets you know what time of year it is. Love Gill xxxx
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Fabulous, I like that!
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Thank you Andrew. There is so much mistletoe this year, couldn’t resist it!
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Ah, Mistletoe!
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We have mistletoe in the garden but it is so high up we will never get it unless it falls off!
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I have never seen so much around as this year! I think the birds will be glad you can’t take it down in your garden! x
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Nice shots – don’t often see them close up!
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thanks nexi
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LOVED the title, which I saw first and wondered, What tree could this be? Then when the kissing tree appeared on my screen — voila, filled with mistletoe. Gave me a big smile. 😀
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There is another tree a little further away from the tree here that is bare of leaves and almost entirely covered in mistletoe about 30+ large bunches! Glad this post made you smile Jet 😉 🙂
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