We are drought-stricken. There's no other way to put it, although we have some cautious hope now that our annual monsoon weather has begun. So you wouldn't think that we would be able to produce anything as lush as this beautiful mimosa tree in full bloom, which I spotted down the road during an early morning walk.
The tree is nestled at the edge of a pecan orchard, where it benefits from the bi-weekly flooding of the pecans.
Lovely, isn't it? So exotic for the desert.
That is just too cool.
ReplyDeleteAround the world it is either too hot or too wet it seems. Here we've had torrents of rain for many months on end. But at last the hot weather arrived this week. I don't know how long it will last but it went from one extreme to the other. I hope my plants enjoy the sunshine.
ReplyDeleteI love your mimosa, Clair! Beautiful captures for the day! Have a great week!!
ReplyDeletemust.....plant.....mimosa..... so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI have only ever seen standard yellow mimosa in France. This is stunning!
ReplyDeleteI have not seen any Mimosas since coming to NM, but they grow wild in my native south Arkansas and are considered a "junk" tree. Quite invasive, but still beautiful. They have a very short life span.
ReplyDeleteI love mimosas -- they are, as you say, so much fun to see out in the dry desert country; they sure are hardier than they appear.
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