Christmas Bells Australian Wildflower Earrings

Christmas Bells Earrings. 

Made in Australia from our original hand painted design, these earrings are printed with eco-friendly inks onto light weight, sustainably grown hoop pine and paired with stainless steel posts, perfect for sensitive ears! 

Blandfordia grandiflora, the Christmas Bells is a slow growing, clumping, grass like perennial herb that grows in the damp, sandy coastal soils between Sydney in NSW and Fraser Island in Queensland. It has narrow, rigid, strap-like leaves about 70cm long and produces long thin stems about 80-120cm high that carry up to 10 pendulous, bell-shaped bright red flowers with golden yellow tips. Long narrow capsules develop from the flowers containing small, brown velvety seeds. Flowering occurs from November to March with a peak in mid-December, hence its common name.

The large, stunning flowers are one of the most popular east-coast wildflowers. They have a glossy, waxy texture which enhances their colour, can last as cut flowers for up to a week and are now being grown commercially. They attract nectar feeding birds, bees, butterflies and insects. Have fleshy underground corms which enables them to survive, re-sprout and flourish after fires. 

Due to their popularity, they have been over-picked or damaged in the wild and some localised species extinction has occurred, so they are now considered vulnerable and are protected by law. They are a symbol of the arrival of the holiday season, Christmas, joy, merriment and the spirit of celebration.