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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