Thursday, July 16, 2015

le mimosa


I've seen a number of mimosa trees around town this year and they are spectacular.

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  1. So that's what they are! We saw lots and lots in the Poitevin Marsh but didn't know they were mimosa.

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  2. These trees are not called mimosa in French. Mimosa have yellow flowers. These have another name, but I can't remember it right now.

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  3. I, too, was unfamiliar with what a mimosa looked like. So thank you :)

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  4. It is called a mimosa after all — mimosa de Constantinople, among other names. But the French mimosa tree has yellow flowers. We called the Albizia "mimosa" in coastal Carolina USA too.

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    1. Yeah, the southeast US has great mimosas. I grew up with one in our front yard and it made a lasting impression. Thanks for the precision of names.

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  5. It's lovely! Now why do I think yellow when I think mimosa?

    Must smell heavenly too, one of my favourite scents!

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