One of my very favorite trees is the Mimosa Tree. I love it's fluffy pink tasselly blooms.
They start blooming around the first of June and continue to bloom halfway through July. I took this photo of one on the side of the road in an old shopping area.
They usually grow to have a wide green canopy and when they bloom, there are so MANY pink flowers that it makes them look so beautiful. Not only that, they smell divine !
This one grows across the drive at my neighbors house.
I really don't have great photos, but you can still tell they are beautiful. I've read that there is a different pink one and a white, but I have never seen either around here.
Their leaves?.... look a bit like palm fronds. I love them too.
At night, the little leaves fold up...... or in the day if you touch them.
After the blooms drop, they will grow seed pods. I don't have a photo of them for now, but they look like long green flat beans, are usually about 6 inches long and hang in clusters. The beans eventually turn brown and pop open, scattering their tiny seeds into the wind
Love them !
There is another kind of Mimosa, it as drink. It is a light alcoholic drink and consists of equal parts champagne and traditionally orange juice, however, you could use a different juice if you wanted. They are light and bubbly and are good for celebrations...... like New Years morning.... where it is fun to serve with breakfast.
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