Two of my favorite trees are now blooming in Northeast Georgia: the Southern Magnolia which is native to the area and the Mimosa which was introduced from China in the 18th century.
MIMOSA
Mimosa trees were introduced as ornamental trees and now grow not only in gardens but also alongside highways and waterways and in other disturbed areas. It is considered to be an invasive plant in some states, but we deliberately planted our mimosa tree from a start taken from my grandmother’s garden. It brings back fond memories of my grandmother, with whom I was very close, and its delicate, fan-like pink flowers are beautiful.
Also known as magnolia grandiflora, the Southern Magnolia is an evergreen that can grow up to 90 feet tall. It has large, showy white flowers with a sweet fragrance that has been likened to a lemony-citronella scent.
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Those are beautiful!
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Thank you! By the way, I wish your blog had a “Like” button to click or a place to make comments.
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love mimosa there are few scattered around here, wish I could get one, I am in zone 5/6 I couldn’t believe it when I seen one in someones yard that was full grown and flowering, that is how I recognized it, the flowers, several are near a park near akron ohio and a few scattered, one day I will get one.
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Thank you for your comment. My husband dug up a start from my grandmother’s mimosa many years ago, and we planted it exactly where they like to grow – in a wooded area behind our house. I grew up seeing them everywhere. If I had to buy one I would have no idea where to get one. Maybe you can find someone who has one and will let you get a start from it. With the zones changing, perhaps it would grow in your area.
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We live in the Missouri Ozarks– & our Magnolia in our front yard we planted is blooming— & our Mimosa in the side yard is blooming it’s head off—- & the beautiful pink dogwoods you have as your header picture– we just planted a pink dogwood tree in our side yard this year!!!! Awesome pictures!!!!!!!
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Thank you! I love my flowering trees! Our mimosa and magnolia are slowing down now. Maybe too much rain? Enjoy your blooms! Cheers.
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TOOOOOOOOOO MUCH RAIN!!!!! Send us some of that Rain please!!!! 🙂
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Such beautiful photos! I’ve always loved Mimosa trees, but ours bloom much later into the season. We had a huge one in the back garden which was knocked over by a huge oak tree which fell in a hurricane in 2011. The Mimosa is coming back now from the roots. The deer have been nibbling on it, but now it’s growing tall enough again to be out of their reach. We’re hoping it will bloom again this summer. Such ephemeral blossoms. Forest gardens teach patience, I’ve found, and are endlessly interesting places to garden. Best wishes, Elizabeth
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Thank you so much. The mimosa tree is a favorite of mine. Although they grow everywhere here, we purposely planted this one from a start from one that was in my grandmother’s garden almost 20 years ago.
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Oh these are gorgeous! The varigation in the mimosa is ethereal and your fotos are fabulous!
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Thank you! Mimosa is one of my favorites.
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Simply breathtaking!!
K
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Thank you!
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Those magnolia flowers are lovely. Come to think of it, before, mimosas were considered weeds here, they were not planted, they grow everywhere. I don’t see them nowadays though.
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Thank you, Arlene. Yes, mimosas are considered to be weed trees here, too, and they are everywhere. I love them, though, maybe because they remind me of my grandmother.
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Memosas are groomed as potted plants now and they are expensive.
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