Yesterday afternoon when I stepped outside, I smelt the first wattle blooms on the air in my street—a clear sign that spring is aloft.
Officially Wattle Day is now the first of September throughout so-called Australia,1 but it used to be the first of August in my state (New South Wales)2 because some of our varieties flower in the winter.
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- There is no First Nations name for the whole stolen continent in my understanding, but it Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land. ↩︎
- I live on unceded, stolen lands. There is no First Nations name for the entire state as it was made up of many language groups. ↩︎
- This is a word for spring in one Aboriginal language. There are at least six recognised seasons. ↩︎
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I saw them too. Blooms in the heart eh?
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So pretty
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I do miss that familiar smell…
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maybe you can grow one?
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I think I have seen some in Thailand in some places. Maybe I’ll try and find one to grow. Good idea, though I don’t particularly think that they are very pretty trees.
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Some have pretty foliage (phyllodes?) My friend in Japan has a potted lemon myrtle: it’s turned deciduous because of the snow but always grows back
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I’ve planted 3 kinds in my rental yard so far…maybe this year I’ll get some blooms! They’re lovely when young, and grow fast, but they don’t last more than 10 years or so usually. Being leguminous, they add nitrogen to the soil and help protect other plants getting established, too.
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Those flowers look so gorgeous!
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They smell great, too
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Ah, the golden wattle… so beautiful!
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It’s spring
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I wanted to say spring personified, but that doesn’t work…It’s spring in plant form, perhaps. Spring itself. Spring plantified.
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