GARDENING

TAKE A BOUGH

Across Brisbane right now many gardens will have one variety or another of a gumbut tree that has come into full bloom. They are spectactular in full bloom and we quickly forget how unappealing they are when not in season.It is times like that that Brisbane Sponge feels rather like Mrs Snake in "The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie." Mrs Snake's sole purpose in life was to destroy the gumnut tree population. But the fleeting pink beauty of the gumnut flowers are to be savoured as they bloom forth from their pods.