Redbud blossoms seem so odd to me - coming straight out of the branch or the tree. But they make for a beautiful effect...
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Redbud blossoms
Category: Pawley pix
Posted on: April 30, 2008 7:35 AM, by Alice
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I know what you mean! They seem sort of impossible! Like flowers on witch hazel in winter. I really love redbud trees. Thanks for the photo.
Posted by: Zuska | April 30, 2008 1:40 PM
The production of flowers from "old wood" is called "cauliflory", and it is much more common in the tropics than in the temperate zone. So the "oddness" is a temperate zone bias.
Posted by: DrA | April 30, 2008 1:42 PM
Wow, cool! I didn't know that. Thanks, DrA! Is "cauliflower" related somehow?
Posted by: Alice | April 30, 2008 8:46 PM
A little crust of redbuds of flowers on old tree trunk tickles our wonders for its unexpected difference and thus its endearment, while we greet with simple 'owes' the magnificent presentations of forsythias, cherry and magnolia trees covered by blossoms on entire trees, heralding the new Spring. You found a rare, unusual one, recorded it in picture, and sharing it here with us is beautiful. Also, it made me to learn the word "cauliflory" as DrA posted. Thanks, Alice!
Posted by: AriSan | May 1, 2008 6:51 AM
I love your picture. . . .but then I love redbuds too.
Ciao
Posted by: Sicilian | May 1, 2008 7:09 PM