Persian Silk Tree

[John Geerts]

I never saw it before, a Persian Silk Tree, and in full blossom. This large tree stands at the Garden-entrance of Museum De Pont in Tilburg.  The tree has a delicious smell. It covered the whole area in a special orange-pink glow.

Didn't expect it to find it in a museum of modern art, so it's not the most suitable lens for these gorgeous flowers

[Jakov Minić]

How about the museum

[elsa hoffmann]

clearly those flowers must give a beautiful display. The colours are beautiful, I have no way of describing it really - perhaps something dreamlike in tones.

[David H. Hartman]

John,

Your photograph is truly beautiful. I feel the photo can be strengthened by cropping to a square starting from the right side. As cropped the image feels loose to me. I'd only take a touch from the top and bottom when cropping. Just my 2 cent's on the crop.

Thanks for posting!

Dave

[David H. Hartman]

Unfortunately when the flowers fall they stick to everything. If the tree is close to the property line they will kill plants in your neighbor's yard. The grow large and fast and will cover your neighbor's yard and can kill plants that need sun. They can break in winds fairly easily as they are weak. They send large roots into your neighbor's. The seed pods blow a great distance in moderate winds and they can spring up two years later. Don't be fooled by the short time of beauty of this tree. A friend has a neighbor who has these tree. It's hell if you want to have a garden.

Albizia julibrissin or Mimosa.

[Anthony]

Beautiful image.  I am glad it is on the screen, not in my garden.

[elsa hoffmann]

Beautiful image.  I am glad it is on the screen, not in my garden.

[John Geerts]

The museum was great, Jakov. 

Thanks Elsa.

Appreciate the remarks, David, thanks.

I think in our climate it's a bit of a miracle the Albizia julibrissin can survive, let alone grow to a large size tree. In this case it stands in the middle of the terrace.  Our native invasive species are much uglier   But the Virgina Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)  is doing very well in my garden.

Thank you Anthony. Just for the smell I would like the tree, the Chinese herbalist call it 'Herbal Prozac' I read somewhere 

It was a bit crowded on the terrace to get a full overview, this is an uncropped version.

[David H. Hartman]

That's a lovely photograph. I love the color.

Dave

[John Geerts]

Thanks, Dave.

[John Geerts]

A few months later at another opening of an expo in Museum De Pont. The Persian Silk tree is in the middle of the terrace.