Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

@MIchael Hibberd The crab apple tree? That was reds picture. I was just complimenting it.

Wishin' said:

@MIchael Hibberd The crab apple tree? That was reds picture. I was just complimenting it.

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Oh, what a noobie I am!

I wish we had smell-a-photo! I would love to be able to share the aroma that hits when I work out in the front yard areas. Here are a few of the rhododendron and azaleas that contribute to the perfume wafting in the air.



This winter was hard on our rhodies and azaleas most of which are borderline hardy here. The Northern Lights series (which most of these are) is totally hardy in this zone.

Stunning, I continue to be amazed at the number of varieties of bloomers you have.

Gorgeous! I can see why you have so many colors and varieties--it would be impossible to pick only one favorite!

They are truly beautiful but only for a short time each spring. The red rhodie hasn't flowered yet, but the others are going gang busters! One good storm and most of the flowering will be history until next spring.

Correction: the red rhodie has ONE bud and lots of new leaf growth. It suffered a lot from the winter we had.

Loganberries are starting to color up.

@baymule, I popped your pupcorn Parker up on the home page!

thistlebloom said:

@baymule, I popped your pupcorn Parker up on the home page!

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Yay! Thanks for posting my corn dog as POW! He's such a great dog!

Masoud said:

Kassaundra, perhaps Mimosa pudica ( sensitive plant) resembles your roadside wild flower, except for the color, of course.
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Kassaundra said:

That does look more like it shape wise and all, I bet the color is more similar then it looks on the monitor, bet it is more of a lighting issue.

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That pic looks a tad too robust to be M.pudica. While M. pudica CAN get pretty big if permitted. It needs really favorable (read; tropical) condtions and time to do that (as in, condtions that let the plant survive multiple years without any dieback, so it can keep piling growth upon growth). And it pretty much ALWAYS stays pretty skinny.

What you show looks a little like M. diplotrica (formerly M. invisia) a.k.a. giant sensitive plant. which DOES get big and heavy (not as heavy as M.pigra, but if you had that, you know, as the stuff is practically a tree) But unless that picture is REALLY washed out, your flowers are still paler than those of M. diplotrica.
If I was to hazard a guess, I'd say you may have one of the species of Mimosa NATIVE to the U.S. (there are five or six)