Tamarisk and friends

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If you follow my posts just a bit, you may notice that I take lots of photos at my mum's garden (when I am there) and I often mention that it is her private botanical garden with I don't even know how many different types of plants.
They are planted in a way, that when one stops blooming another one will start in the same place, or at least it will decorate the spot with some interesting foliage.

On the furthest corner we have a tiny little water pond. No fish - sometimes some frogs move in and stay for a while. This spot is filled with blooming bushes and small early spring flowers. When those are done, lilacs, irises, roses and this purple cloud starts to bloom.

Tamarisk


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The plant is native to warmer and drier parts of Europe and Africa and there is can grow as evergreen shrub. It is also considered invasive. It can be propagated though stem cuttings or seeds, that are equipped with a little fluffy parachute - a bit like dandelions, so they can fly away and with the right conditions grow to a new pink bush. And every tiny flower can produce dozens of them!
I didn't manage to see the seeds on this one, but imagine all the flowers tuning to a white fluff. Must look pretty cool :)

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In Portugal they tend to grow almost wild and in spring they are just clouds of colour.
The one we have in a garden (in Poland) is much smaller, but it is because it is kept that way. In late spring it starts to bloom and it is a hell of a show!

I really tried to get better shots of the flowers only, but the very flimsy stems and delicate flowers do not want to sit still and the move with the tiniest blow of wind.

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See all the black spots in the back? Those are flies and small beetles that were feeding on the blooms. Surprisingly not many bees or butterflies around. They seem to prefer the lavender that is growing just 1m away.

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Those I shot on a different occasion and different time of the year. This is how the branches and super tiny leaves look like without the flowers.

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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.

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Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
Week 33 of my contest just started...you can now check the winners of the previous week!
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WOW, the last picture was beautiful. It's like magic. poof ✨

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Thanks! Yeaaaa its magical fairy dust :)

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friend this is beautiful! I am aware of how difficult it can be to take these photos in an uncontrolled place. you still got it

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Thank you very much! Lots of photos were unusable... Glad some turned out ok :)

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Hello dear friend @ewkaw good night
What a beautiful selection of photographs you show us today, and the best of all is that the shots were taken in your mother's garden. It is incredible how much life there is in those plants.
I appreciate very much that you show us these beautiful photographs and all the information
I take this opportunity to wish you a splendid night

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Hello :)
Thank you! The garden is s amazing I could take hundreds of photos all year round and never be bored.
Have a great weened and thanks for the visit :)

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Lovely garden! You should charge people to have a look at the botanical garden!! LoL

Super photography again!

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Very beautiful and delicate flowers, and branches without flowers look amazingly elegant. Great pictures!

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Thank you! It is a very cool looking plant :)

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I think your mom must have a very beautiful garden.
Beautiful photos and as always you are lucky with insects :-)
Therefore, since you have frogs, you simply must photograph them! :-)
And don't tell me that you won't be able to persuade them!

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It is a very cool garden! And she puts a lot of work into it.
Frogs come and go... I don't think they like humans :p

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