Early Blooms

[davect01]

No idea what this tree is but the round blooms are fascinating

A6000 and 45mm Minolta

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[Luke]

beautiful. Thanks for the bright, cheery image while I await shovelling the next batch of snow.

 

[theoldsmithy]

No idea what this tree is but the round blooms are fascinating

A6000 and 45mm Minolta

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I think that’s a mimosa.

 

[Kevin]

I think that’s a mimosa.

Well, I just learned something new, I had no idea "mimosa" was a type of genus. I had never heard the word outside of the context of the drink.

Mimosa - Wikipedia

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[Luke]

I'll drink to that!

 

[davect01]

I think that’s a mimosa.

So Google is saying it is some sort of Prickly Acacia, also known as the Prickly Mimosa

Prickly acacia

A thorny shrub or small tree with twice-compound leaves. A pair of greyish-coloured spines (2-50 mm long) is usually present near the base of each leaf.

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