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Blossoms on my smoke tree
Posted by Marion (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 5 August 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
A close up of the blossoms on my smoke tree. Here is a description of what a smoke tree is.
A very unique, small tree that you will surely fall in love with… as an accent in your home landscape, or as a specimen flowering tree.
The dark round leaves give the tree a rugged and casual appearance in summer, and are a marvelous scarlet color display in the autumn.
Smoke Tree gets its name from the way it looks while in bloom. Like an airy cloud of smoke floating atop the pretty leaves.
This most unusual blooming effect comes from the fluffy heads that hold clusters of very tiny flowers.
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Canon EOS 30D
1/30 second
F/4.0
ISO 100
26 mm