Deer do not molest our city garden, so the buds on our shrubs remain entire: little bundles of protein and tightly packed leaves waiting to turn into blooms or twigs. Here is a tough little bud of the Lady Campbell variety of Camellia japonica. Camelias can be sensitive, but Lady C is doughty and defying the frosts in week 2019/05.
Also in play despite the frosts is the honeysuckle Lonicera x purpusii. Some of its buds have bloomed, and others are in wait:
Our inquisitive photographer also spotted buds which I had not noticed in the humble laurel Prunus laurocerasus.
Also in play despite the frosts is the honeysuckle Lonicera x purpusii. Some of its buds have bloomed, and others are in wait:
Our inquisitive photographer also spotted buds which I had not noticed in the humble laurel Prunus laurocerasus.
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