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Leaf burst: Field maple

06 Tuesday Apr 2021

Posted by sconzani in leaves, spring, trees

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British trees, bud burst, Field maple, Field maple bud burst, Field maple leaf burst, leaf burst

Field maple leaves are now bursting out wherever I walk, and they speak truth to the old saying that ‘good things come in small packages’. The tiny buds are exquisitely fashioned, covered in a soft furry outer skin that splits open to reveal the sculptural beauty of the prominent lime-green veins and much-folded pinkish-red blade.

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Bud burst

28 Sunday Mar 2021

Posted by sconzani in leaves, spring, trees

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bud burst, buds, Hawthorn, Hawthorn leaves, leaf burst, the greening of spring, tree buds

Have you been watching the greening? The buds on the trees growing ever fatter? Swelling to the point where they burst with spring goodness?

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This year I’ve been paying more attention to this incredible process. These are some images of Hawthorn from the last couple of weeks.

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Wild words: bud burst

18 Wednesday Apr 2018

Posted by sconzani in leaves, nature, spring, trees

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#WildWords, bud burst, bud scales, new leaves, Spring has sprung, springtime, wild words

I love this little miracle that happens every spring, and I couldn’t resist having ‘bud burst’ as this week’s words after seeing many beautiful examples when I was out walking on Monday.

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During winter, deciduous trees look so bare and barren, yet, safely enclosed within the protective cases of their ‘bud scales’, tiny leaves are beginning to grow. Then, once temperatures start to warm up, the trees’ roots absorb more water and the sap begins to rise. The leaf buds grow and swell to the point when their scales just can’t contain them any more and then, one day …

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Shazam! The buds burst out and begin to expand and soak up the spring sunshine!

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I'm a writer and photographer; researcher and blogger; birder and nature lover; countryside rambler and city strider; volunteer and biodiversity recorder.

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