Woollybutt blossom Several eucalyptus species are referred to as Woollybutts, owing to their fibrous bark. This design is based on the Darwin Woollybutt, Eucalyptus miniata. It has rough, woolly bark at its base and smooth white bark higher up. They grow 15-30 metres tall, stretching their elegant white limbs skywards above many other woodland trees. In the dry season they bloom with bright orange or scarlet flowers that attract native bees, fling foxes and many species of birds. The blossoms featured in this design were based on a flower I found on the ground in the Territory Wildlife Park, on the first day of my artist-in-residence back in 2015. It had dried up somewhat and I was rather taken with the tight orange bunching of stamen so depicted it this way, rather than how it appears on the tree.
