April 21, 2021. Arboretum Poort-Bulten, De Lutte (NL).
Green-leaved ‘Prunus cerasifera‘.
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Tiny Japanese maple flowers
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Delicate green leaves and tiny flowers unfolded from a pointed red bud. This cluster of flowers is about 2 cm long from the point at which it branches out. (Back garden, April 22, 2021).
Chestnut buds
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Chestnut buds opening up fill me with wonder. The leaves enclose the flower buds like little hands, unfolding one by one. How cherished these flower buds must feel.
Finally, just before the flowers open, the tree show off its leaves like lovely drapes of fresh green cloth.
Arboretum Poort-Bulten, De Lutte (NL) – April 7, 2020.
The last picture was made on April 21, 2021.
Pretty in Pink
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April 2020. These cherry blossoms were photographed during a lovely walk in Arboretum Poort-Bulten (De Lutte, NL) with my niece. They remind me of the movie ‘Pretty in Pink’.
The full blossoms are light pink, but the flower buds that come first have a much darker tone of pink. Below a picture of the same tree in April 2021, this time with green grass in the background. In this cluster of flower and leave buds, the leaves are just about to show themselves and point towards us.
Japanese maples in autumn
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There are several Japanese maples grouped together in the Arboretum Poort-Bulten in De Lutte (NL). November 17, 2020.
Flowering plane tree
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In winter plane trees are often hung with small balls of seeds. Of course, these seeds were flowers first. You usually don’t get to see these up close, though, unless you are treated to a tree with several branches that hang low. (May 2020, Arboretum Poort-Bulten).
European Larch
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A new cone and fresh new leaves with a flourish – European Larch (Larix) in spring.
April 14, 2020 – Arboretum Poort-Bulten.
Caterpillar
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Do you see it? A tiny brown caterpillar on one of the leaves of this gorgeous cherry tree. Arboretum Poort-Bulten, De Lutte, April 2020.