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Poem: BlossoMania
Petals are falling,
the sky is blue
They cover everything,
old and new
If I sit here too long,
I’ll be covered too!
Purple Cactus, Seguaro cacti, and mimosa flowering tree, Phoenix, Arizona
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Great to have a North Pacific West coast garden particularly because of the Rhododendrons. The large bushes/small trees are available in a wide range of colors, and almost every Portland area yard has them.
The very unusual Cannonball Tree Couroupita guianensis – a wonderfully unique flowering fruit tree growing on East Coast Beach, Singapore. The flowers are about 5″ wide and develop in massive 12 foot-long bunches. The fruit is about 8 – 10 inches across, and apparently has a very unpleasant odor. The tree has been regarded as sacred in India for thousands of years, and the bark, leaves and fruit have been used medicinally as a disinfectant; even believed to cure diseases like malaria.
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3 miles east of Oglesby, Illinois, is a surprising pocket of beauty you have to see to believe, because the surrounding countryside is flat farmland for miles.
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