The Beauty of Buds

Flowers are starting to bloom and leaves are unfurling everywhere.  But before we leave the dormant season completely, I wanted to do a short visual essay on the architectural beauty that is inherent in the bud stage. The details just get more beautiful as we focus in. 

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Camellia

Apple

Callery Pear 

Close-up of lichen on Callery pear branch 

Dogwood

  

Flowering Pear

Japanese Maple

Lilac

Pieris - pink form 

Flowering Quince

 

Rhododendron 

Magnolia stellata ( Star Magnolia) 

Wisteria 

Close ups of lichens on a tiny twig