Pohutukawa

Visual

Touch

Smell

Taste

Bright abundant, dominating colour, 

Flowers – tutu skirts, firecrackers, stimulating

Leaf – leathery, sturdy, hardy, masculine

Flower – feathery, facebrush

Bouncy stems

Leaf – grassy, leafy 

Flower – couldn’t smell much, very faint hint of sweet nectar

Leaf – dry, eucalyptus, numbing on tongue. 

Bark – old, whiskey, dried mushroom, bitter 

Emotion

1^st impression

Survival, strong, resilient, hidden nectar. Contains something unrevealed.

2^nd impression

After vinegar from flowers – potato and honey (vinegar a bit overpowering for me so couldn’t taste much)