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Acacia Dealbata
Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 14 January 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
This is a shot of my acacia from last year. If we don't get serious frost in the next few weeks it will virtually explode in flowers, again. I'm looking forward to this.
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@Fotoptikon: One of my favourites - I love its delicate leaves and bright yellow flowers.
@Eleftheria, 9 years old,: Thank you! Fortunately I'm living in a warmer part of Germany, so cultivation of this plant is not a problem :)
kairospix from Singapore, Singapore
nice shot!
hope you will get to catch the blooms too!
14 Jan 2008 1:58pm
@kairospix: Thank you! This will be in February and you'll be able to watch them, then :-)
@Steven: Thanks, glad you like it :-)
@alexdpx: Through heavy use of fertilizers!
Marco from Verbania, Italy
nice colours and contrast. very beautiful flowers composition. well done where do you live?
ciao
14 Jan 2008 5:05pm
@Marco: I'm living in Düsseldorf, nearby the river Rhine. Climate here is quite warm. It's still a bit risky to nurse exotic plants here (especially in winter) but my acacia is still doing fine. Thanks for commenting!
@Laurent: A strong grower! I'll need a zoom objective in a few years! ;-)
@Michael: *lol* Neee, nur ein gutes Makro :-D
Steht alles auf dem Balkon - der ist zugegebenermaßen recht groß (so 8m lang). Und die Artendichte ist hoch!
@Jason Kravitz: Thanks a lot - I like to share my botanical treasures :-)
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
I have something with acacias. Its yellow is soo typical for the plant, and it's also kind of cute. BTW you wrote in your about that these activities are "useless" things, far from that!!
16 Jan 2008 9:55pm
@Illuci: Thanks for your polite comment! I'm trying to live a "l'art pour l'art" approach, something you can easily provoke folks in Germany, therefore the "useless". I'm fine with that :-)
@Porcsin: Thanks! This one was a quite lucky shot because I didn't use a tripod and the twigs were always moving.
Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States
Lovely shot! Warms my heart... it is so cold here!
18 Jan 2008 3:35am
@Sandrine: Thank you so much! Here it's less cold but all grey in grey. It will take some time, but spring will come! Until then, I'll provide more summer shots!
M. Isabel from Lima, Peru
Yes, look very similar to my trees, excepting for the leaves shapes :-) Thanks for the visit. See you soon!
1 Feb 2008 11:00pm
@M. Isabel: There are 1300 different Acacia species :-)
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful. The yellow flowers are really poping up. Nice colors combination with blue and green.
10 Feb 2008 1:19am
@akarui: Thanks. I never expected them to flower when they developed in November last year. But due to a mild winter, there was no loss and now they all start blooming :-)
