At the top of this list is fernleaf acacia (Acacia baileyana), a wonderful small tree with bipinnate blue-grey leaves and fragrant yellow spherical flower puffs.
—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
Prairie Smoke The small flowers of prairie smoke (Geum triflorum) are pretty, but the real show starts after the spring bloom when the flowers turn into feather-like seed heads resembling puffs of smoke.
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