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Blaze
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#11 Post by Blaze »

Ours is coming into leaf but is by no means fully out. We don't expect the flowers until much later.
I've just looked at last year's photos and it was still fully in leaf on the 29 October !!

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#12 Post by Veem »

Ours look more green than grey/brown now though the leaves are not yet fully developed.

I love how we all seem to keep a close eye on our albizias no matter which part of France we're in.

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Veem wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 11:21 am I love how we all seem to keep a close eye on our albizias no matter which part of France we're in.
Ours has lost its shape, perhaps wrongly pruned by the previous owners, who planted it. It does look wonderful when the flowers come out but we get a lot of wind here so they don't last long.

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#14 Post by Veem »

The flower buds are there, standing up ready to open in a few days. Can't wait.

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Veem wrote: Wed Jun 14, 2023 3:08 pm The flower buds are there, standing up ready to open in a few days. Can't wait.
No sign of 'em here in the Frozen North. :)

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#16 Post by ajm »

Buds have just appeared on ours.

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#17 Post by Mangetout »

They are glorious trees. I don't have one but I always marvel at them. We have a group of four outside the bar tabac in the village and they are such a wonderful sight when in flower. Poor things are planted in a tarmac surround so I'm amazed they do so well.

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#18 Post by ajm »

ajm wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 6:53 pm Buds have just appeared on ours.
This time last year ours was in full flower.

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#19 Post by Blaze »

No flower buds here yet but in the last 10 days, while we've been away, it has come into full leaf.

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#20 Post by L Austin France »

State of play this morning
Dunno how to delete this.
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