CCS Contest April Theme "Beauty of Nature": Mimosa Trees

As always, I show you the nature of Sardinia, the island where I live. We are in the South West, but this time about 40 minutes from my house, right next to the sea.

On April 10, I went on a trip with my family. Throughout Italy on the Monday following Easter it is customary to have picnics outdoors, so we decided to go to the beach, but despite the sunny day the wind was terrible and it was impossible to stay on the beach.

So we stopped in a sheltered pine forest inland until we noticed a road completely lined with mimosa trees.

Mimosa trees are very common in my area. In Italy, mimosa branches are given on March 8 for Women's Day and have become a symbol to the point of representing femininity and strength. It was chosen after the war as a symbol of Woman's Day also because it is a very cheap and widespread flower, it grows spontaneously and is within everyone's reach.

Celebrations aside, mimosa trees are beautiful, they grow very quickly, and when they are in bloom they are wonderful.

In addition to the roadsides, where there were the larger trees that were probably planted to create the barrier, other smaller trees were also found in the midst of the large pines.

In fact, one of the characteristics of the mimosa is the fact that it spreads quickly and spontaneously and I have sometimes heard farmers and landowners grappling with too invasive mimosa trees!