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Mimosa and Magnolias
Billowing masses of bright canary yellow from the Acacia trees
(Mimosa) planted around Torbay have been a familiar sight over the past month or so and very cheering they are too. Most are Acacia dealbata, which quickly develops into a sizeable tree only really suited for larger gardens. It is widely planted along the French Riviera, but does equally as well here along the south coast. On a grey winter's day, they certainly help make up for absent sunshine. Usually they start to show in late January reaching their peak by late February, but this isn't a normal winter. For exotic, somewhat tender trees such as these, early flowering due to mild weather is hardly remarkable. However, in parts of the bay there are now big specimens of Magnolia x soulangeana are showing lots of colour with the buds breaking and the first flowers open and I've never seen them out this early before. Now that is remarkable. It has been extremely mild here so far with only a short interlude of cold but virtually frost-free weather lasting barely 4 days. Apart from wind and storm damage, many of the plants in my garden look as fresh and green as they did in October. Many species Pelargoniums haven't stopped flowering and and have made so much winter growth, they'll have to be heavily pruned in a month's time. Pelargonium cordatum in particular is now over head-high and just bursting into its spring flush of flower. The very splendid P. acetosum; with its blue-grey, gingko-like leaves and trailing growth smothered in large, spidery coral-pink flowers has romped through, despite being in an exposed basket. Over the next few days we are due for another spate of cooler weather, but it will have to be very cold over a prolonged period to prevent this winter from being one of the mildest on record. |
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Mimosa and Magnolias
On 2 Feb, 07:48, "Dave Poole" wrote:
Billowing masses of bright canary yellow from the Acacia trees (Mimosa) (Snip) It is widely planted along the French Riviera, but does equally as well here along the south coast. On a grey winter's day, they certainly help make up for absent sunshine. They are my childhood scent ) Last week end in Bordeaux, in our garden in Capeyron, they were all in flower, some more than others, but sadly under a mass of frozen hard snow. (I built some sort of igloo wiht the kids, just imagine).We've lost lots of branches from a couple of trees (we've got 5). My aunt in Perigueux had to fell a red cedar, est. at around 150 years old and well over 20 oaks trees for fear of another harsh weather especially hight strong wind. I think it's evident things are changing. I don't find it a terrible thing, just that we really need to start adapting to this warmer and for us in England, impredictable weather more than ever. Over the next few days we are due for another spate of cooler weather, but it will have to be very cold over a prolonged period to prevent this winter from being one of the mildest on record. It feels like my childhood in Bx - very mild autumn, sliping into windy winter where we saw snow once in 1977. I've been ringing home every sunday for years and for the last 3/4 years we have had a similar weather. It's uncany. |
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it is much further advanced than here, even though we're only -
what - 30 minutes away? However, there's a mimosa tree in Ashburton ccar park which is always early but this year has surpassed itself. It's in a walled garden on the edge of the car park and is a very mature tree. I think it must be very sheltered but it is the most magnificent sight. Ours at the bottom of the garden, is only just starting to show colour but it has had bits lopped off it and been battered by all those horrible storms. |
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I really wish the word mimosa in the common sense could be banned, as it is really rather unhelpful. |
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