grass trees..

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i have always had a fascination with these native australian trees..

they are found nowhere in the world but here.

they earned themselves a nickname of 'black boys' as their silhouettes resemble black boys in a group...however this name is not politically correct and the name grass tree is now used..

there true name xanthorrhoea is too much to roll off the tongue..

there is a group of people rescuing these trees from developers and named themselves replants ..

and what a marvellous job they do too..

they trim their hair [sorry leaves] into cute little 'haircuts' and some are really comical and very humanising and each grass tree then has its own persona ..cute ..

i am thinking i would love a driveway with them on either side but i wonder if they are alpaca proof???