#powderpuff flower

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Powderpuff Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa)

Taken at The Yoga Garden in Melbourne, FL

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Calliandra tergemina / Pink Powderpuff at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, CO

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The Electric Pink Fluzz Powderpuff Flower and car starter. For when your battery is drained. This thing can even restart an electric car.

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African Blood Lilies

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©Deborah Coulter 2022

Saturday Splashback

Collage for week of October 2...a love for flowers dreaming underground in winter’s bliss. 

Happy this collage has a new home. Making this back in 2015 in the dead of winter, I remember finding the pink powder puff for the background. How I was transported back to my childhood watching my Mom putting on her makeup. The fun of the flowers emerging reminded me below the snow was the glow of seeds sleeping and to cherish the winter with its quiet beauty.

[scarletgemstone]

crossover fanart ideas

bubbles makeing peri a flower crown

blossom being friends with hazel

Marvin and pibby comforting each other

dipper and Mabel with the smiling critters

adorabat meeting team friendship

dick meeting cosmo Wanda and peri

the powderpuff girl with the grab pack

Puss and kitty as six and moro

dev and buttercup chilling

[samhoustoncampusfloraandfauna]

Sensitive Plant

Sensitive Plant or Powderpuff (Mimosa strigillosa)

Found on the east side of the Sam Houston parking garage, is a perennial (they grow year round) ground cover. The foliage sports interesting blooms of magenta, and while these blooms may seem to be one flower they are in fact a cluster of many smaller flowers. I've found that the clusters of strigillosa are more cone shaped than other mimosa flowers. Mimosas are one of the few plant species that are capable of rapid movement. The word mimosa stems from the Greek word mimos meaning "actor" or "mime" and the suffix -osa meaning "resembling", coming together to mean to mimic or resemble conscious life. The leaves on this plant will close in a matter of seconds after being touched, the plant likely adapted in this way to discourage predators from consuming its leaves. Like many other plants this one also closes its leaves at night to limit water loss while not photosynthesizing. The plants are in no way harmed when you touch them, so I highly recommend enjoying this phenomenon!

(native)

[fizzingwizard]

Oh my gosh

I went looking for the name of a flower I saw in Okinawa which I really loved. It was... hibiscus... x'D yeah. Bit anticlimactic, but still gorgeous!

However, in the search process, I came across THIS:

This is probably the most beautiful flower I have ever seen!! I mean I love all flowers and definitely don't put them into competition with each other! xD But it's just... woooow. Looks like a fairy. The flowers you'd find in Lothlorien or something. So light and airy and mystical. And that gradient of colors!!!

These are called sagaribana, aka powderpuff flower, aka barringtonia racemosa. It's only native to Japan in the Ryukyu islands. (eta because I realized that's not very clear: it's also found elsewhere, but in Japan only in Ryukyu.) Just another way Ryukyu is its own unique place. Apparently it only blooms in summer nights, and the flowers fall pretty much as soon as they bloom.

I went to Okinawa last August, but I can't remember seeing these. We usually stayed in the city at night because a lot of places closed around 8 so we had to go early for dinner. Also one time it rained the whole afternoon -> night. It was a short trip. I'd really like to go longer and do all the things I couldn't the first time, like spend more time enjoying the water, and go snorkeling. Definitely gonna add looking for these flowers to the list. Maybe next year (;-;)

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Powderpuff Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa)

Taken at The Yoga Garden in Melbourne, FL

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hello lovers time for the next sale ❤️

Salvador Dali La Belle et L’Ocelot (2014) 3.4oz 95% full - old-school 80s soapy spiced floriental meets modern fruitchouli, with orange, apricot-y osmanthus, patchouli, benzoin, and incense. for fans of Coco Noir - SOLD

Montale Intense Cafe (2013) 3.4oz 98% full - “like opening a box of rose flavoured Turkish delight, sweet, sickly, slightly cloying and strong notes of rose and vanilla” -aspicmyopic on basenotes - $54

Bond No 9 Chinatown (2005) 3.3oz 95% full (cap is loose, so I put a layer on tape on the inside for it to fit more snug) - “takes the idea of the likes of Rochas Femme and Mitsouko of knitting waxy peach/plum skins together with spicy flowers and leaving them to musty up a bit inside lacquered woody chinese boxes” -pandarapt on fragrantica - $102

DS&Durga White Peacock Lily (2016) 3.4oz 88% full - naturalistic dew-kissed lily and jasmine. stemmy, salty, translucent. perfect for The Lady of the Lake - SOLD

Caron Yatagan (1976) 4.2oz 99% full - this classic green woody, and a little animalic, masculine conjures images of an herbalist mountain man cutting herbs and veggies that he will later add to stew - $34

Thierry Mugler Alien Oud Majestueux (2015) 3oz 99% full (gold paint on bottle has chipped) - this discontinued Alien flanker amps up the original with saffron, cardamom, and an industrial oud - SOLD

Estée Lauder Youth Dew Amber Nude (2005) 2.5oz 80% full - under the direction of Tom Ford, this is a streamlined take on the dusty old classic with a sparkling grapefruit ginger ale top and a spiced golden amber base. for fans of Youth Dew and Cinnabar - SOLD

Etat Libre d’Orange Putain des Palaces (2006) 3.3oz 95% full - sensual powderpuff in a fur coat. Marie Antoinette if she was hot - $56

Alaia Paris Alaïa (2015) 1oz 83% - fresh violets, mountain air, and musky suede. Luca Turin said this smells like the interior of a Concorde jet; leather mixed with perfume from past passengers - SOLD

Guerlain Apres l’Ondee (1906) 2.5oz 98% - “purple flowers deluged by foggy air” “airy, pastel pointillism impressions of spring gardens” -pandarapt on fragrantica. “the prototypical cold and melancholy perfume. Simplicity, aching nostalgia, and unadorned beauty.” -Luca Turin. a favorite of Isabelle Adjani - SOLD

Kenzo Kenzo Jungle l’Elephant (1996) 3.4oz 95% full - big sweet spicebomb of clove, caraway, licorice, cardamom, mango, and vanilla. lets you live your opulent Moroccan spice market, or your Christian girl autumn, shopping at Joann Fabrics fantasy - SOLD

Guerlain Mitsouko EDP (1919) 2.5oz 70% full - sepia toned dry fuzzy peach skins and spicy flowers on a bed of oakmoss. worn by Charlie Chaplin, Jean Harlow, Ingrid Bergman - SOLD

Robert Piguet Bandit (1944) 3.4oz 90% full - this classic leather-centered green chypre from WWII was designed to be the butch to Fracas femme. “bitter, dark yet fresh, beguiling without any softness, and several unlit streets ahead of every other leather chypre”- Luca Turin - $179

Lush Fresh As (2019) 3.4oz 99% full - originally conceived as Fresh As Fuck, this scent is described as grassy meadows and pines after the rain, combined with earthy orris and fruity marigold - $46

Prada Infusion d’Oeillet (2015) 3.4oz 98% full - soft spicy carnation and sandalwood in the signature soapy/expensive hotel lotion Prada Infusion line style - $48

Lolita Lempicka L’eau en Blanc (2012) 3.4oz 90% full - like sitting at your grandma’s vanity and seeing her pale pink powderpuff - $52

Kenzo World Intense (2017) 1.7oz 98% full - plummy synthetic candy sweetness with fresh peony - $35

Gucci Gucci Oud (2014) 1.6oz 99% full - safe and entry level rose saffron oud with a jammy sweet rose - $62

Hermès Twilly Eau Poivrée (2019) 1.6oz 95% - twist on the original white floral and ginger scent with added aspects of a fruity pink pepper and a sweet woody rose - SOLD

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Everyone meet. Rose

My new oc inspired from the Sun and Moon show!

Rose:

Eclipse who was making Lunar at the time was unaware the same virus he created from himself to make his brother was splintered and infected Clover, however since it splintered off it acted on its own. Clover unaware of it was slowly nurturing it, this virus fed off Clover’s emotions both good and bad. Rose developed more of a extroverted protector way to her. She also fed off information that Eclipse had, an by ‘information’ I mean Intelligence. Rose is pretty damn cunning, smart enough to feed off Eclipses knowledge but not just him, she fed off Moon and Montgomery.

When Clover became aware of Rose’s existence instead of becoming scared or trying to get rid of her…she went and spoke to her, her hopes of persuading Rose not to follow Eclipses path of darkness and thankfully for Clover Rose had no interest in following Eclipses plans. If she had the star she did have a similar plan but she wouldn’t reset the world, she’d make a new one. A pocket dimension where she can reset whenever she wants without consequences, she and Clover do become close and both act like proper sisters. Rose is VERY protective of Clover for many reason, the main was is Clover is compassionate and loving…an the fact she was willing to ‘speak’ to her first rather then try to expel her is one of the main reasons Rose likes her. She’s loving and dear to Lunar, sasses Moon quite a lot and tends to scold and reprimand Sun at times.

Rose as mentioned is Cunning, at times taking control of Clover but only when she has to deal with certain individuals like Eclipse or even Golden Freddy. Through Golden Freddy she was able to learn all kinds of magic, she learned a lot but not enough to be powerful as Golden Freddy. To her that’s fine, she knows enough to keep her enemies in line or at the very least on a tight/short leash.

She loves to sing and perform, tends to make things theatrical an even make a show of her talents. Clover likes to sing to but only to friends and family, Rose commands an audience in so many ways. She’ll treat it almost like a musical if she wants, fanfare an all. While Clover wears a three leaf clover/club on her cheeks Rose sports spades. Her outfit is is a one piece ball gown, the skirt removes to show a powderpuff ballet skirt and red ballet shoes, she also wears thorn pattern tights under the gown. She also sports a hat thats of course a rose an long black satin gloves.

[I’m not good at drawing flowers but imagine cutting a rose from the base and placing it on top of her head thats the hat]

Here’s an alternate of her outfit

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Eau de Fleur de Soie (Kenzo)

There is a tree, stunted and scoliotic, that can be found trailing its wispy foliage over the front yards of suburban South Jersey. This is the Persian silk tree -- Albizia julibrissin, AKA mimosa -- a leguminous native of Asia that has found new vitality in the Pine Barrens' sandy soil.

Neighborhood children derive endless delight from stroking its leaves to watch them snap shut (a self-protective trick botanists call seismonasty). Its papery seed pods can be written on with berry ink and passed as love notes; if the receiver doesn't care for the message, they can crumple the pod to powder in one hand. And during the summer, the silk tree produces spectacular clusters of finely tasseled coral-pink flowers. These make wonderful fantasy powderpuffs, but they seem to offer precious little in the way of natural perfume.

This seems to be the idea behind Fleur de Soie, the 2008 chapter of Kenzo's Eaux de Fleur serial. Fleur de Soie uses a flyaway silk tree blossom as its totem image, to great dramatic effect. But in reality, Fleur de Soie is all show and no scent.

Can a perfume be seismonastic? As I sprayed it on the inside of my arm, Fleur de Soie disappeared almost immediately, as if it could not bear to be in contact with my skin. I had to spray several more times to build up enough fragrance to analyze, only to find it saccharine and faintly metallic, self-effacing, almost a non-smell. Now, I know that perfumers love to claim the most exotic natural materials for their inspiration.... but with all the world's botanical references to choose from, Jean Jacques picked the very one whose primary instinct is to shrivel up and hide.

The sheer weakness of this composition points to a certain poverty of imagination in the perfumer. Most people have no idea what a silk tree blossom smells like. Why not make it smell like heaven-- or hell, if that's your whim? Even in fantasy -- no, ESPECIALLY in fantasy -- a flower ought to smell, well, if not good, then like something, anything. If the "silk flower" referenced by this perfume is the sort you buy in a craft store, then its lack of fragrance makes perfect sense. But even a fabric flower glued to a plastic stem is capable of being beautiful, or of evoking romance. Isn't it?

Alas, the only thing Fleur de Soie evokes is a glass of fruit punch so diluted with ice cube meltwater that it's lost all color and taste. No matter how sticky-sweet or artificially-flavored the full-strength beverage might be, it's GOT to be more fun than this.

ADDENDUM: This scent improved a thousandfold with the addition of a thin underlayer of amber. It grew pinker, sweeter, even hinting at a touch of black cherry essence. Perhaps Jean Jacques was so entranced with the vision of a weightless silk petal floating on the breeze that he entirely forgot the concept of including a base note.

Scent Elements: "Silk flower", plus some fruity-floral chemicals. At the time of its release, the Kenzo website claimed that the ingredients of its Eaux de Fleur were picked from real live trees, which is plausible only if these trees live in a laboratory.

[the1920sisntaphasemom]

your maturity becomes you

Actually rats gave me a list way back when before flower baby was official:

Butch would call you powderpuff, Snipe would call you George, Bruiser would call you brat, Ace calls you flowerpower, Slim would call you pothead, and Boss calls you nymph

-wisteria

Snipe calls everythin George. Pretty sure if Snipe had a boy he’d name em George.

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[sassybritchesnmore]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Girls Cartoon Network powderpuff girls shirt sz M 7-8.

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It’s time to rip up your lawn and replace it with something you won’t need to mow

A green yard without the grass.

By Jean Feingold | Published Jun 27, 2021

While meticulously manicured grass lawns are a staple of modern neighborhoods, these plots of green come with many downsides. Principal among them is the need for regular mowing, a chore that primarily serves to stave off your neighbors’ disapproval by conforming to a dated suburban ideal.

You’re tired. We’re tired. It’s time to consider an attractive, low-maintenance alternative by replacing your lawn with ground cover plants that don’t require any mowing at all. Once these plants take hold, they can be irrigated much less frequently than lawns—maybe once every six weeks if it hasn’t rained. Many are also resistant to pests.

“It’s a joy not to have to mow and still have everything look green,” says Wendy Wilber, the statewide Master Gardener Volunteer Program coordinator at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. We agree—let’s get you started on your path to a better lower maintenance yard.

What to plant, based on where you live

Native plants are often your best choice for successful ground covers. If you have pets, you may also want to ensure your preferred plants don’t have seed heads that could attach to animals passing through. Here are some natives for planting in different geographic regions. The first three grow well in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, and Texas in full or partial sun.

Powderpuff mimosa, or sunshine mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa), is a fast-growing 3- to 4-inch-tall plant with purple powderpuff flowers. It grows in Arkansas and the southern states listed above.

Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) grows 3 to 6 inches tall and has white flowers. Its broad range stretches from the southern half of the US to the tropics, including Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah.

Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) grows 1 to 2 feet tall with a rosette of leaves at its base. It has blue flowers and fragrant foliage like its culinary cousin. You can grow it in the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast.

While not a native plant, perennial peanut (Arachis glabrata) is a popular ground cover. Since it hit US soil in 1936, it has not spread into native areas or become a nuisance plant, IFAS says. It reaches about 6 inches tall and has yellow, buttercup-like flowers. A fan of warm temperatures, it grows in full or partial sun throughout Florida and in the southern parts of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.

[Related: Build a garden for native pollinators]

The next three native plants are suitable for installations in shade or partial shade and cooler climates.

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The Beautiful Powderpuff Vine Makes Great Ground Cover

The Beautiful Powderpuff Vine Makes Great Ground Cover discusses this interesting, sensitive plant. It is non-native to the US, but common as a decorative plant and ground cover as well as an escaped flower growing wild.

Tangled Right now the gorgeous pink mimosa trees are blooming all over the place, and they are quite a sight lining some of the roadways. Shortly after the trees begin blooming the ground starts popping up with fuzzy pink flowers, too. They look a lot like the mimosa flowers, and that’s because they are also a type of mimosa. Most people know them as the powderpuff or mimosa vine (Calliandra…