Flowers

Last year I air-layered a branch from a Magnolia liliflora ‘Susan’. What a surprise to see it flower this spring in my house. ...

Bonsai is typically defined as a compact and tortured tree with a heavy trunk. However I was always drawn to pictures showing slender and small trunks bearing flowers. As if youth and wisdom had encountered for a short time lapse. I finally succeeded to create this image using root cuttings from an older crabapple tree. Most fruiting trees will only flower after 10 to 15 years from seed. ...

Every spring I impatiently wait for the flowering of this crabapple. Mid-May it becomes a living bouquet. ...

Buds appear in tight clusters before they start to grow and look like boxing gloves. Only then begins the floral show. A constellation of starry flowers. ...

Even though it resembles Acer palmatum with its palmate leaves, Acer shirasawanum is a distinct species that can be identified by its erect flowers. ...

The flower clusters of Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Tamukeyama’ appear as if they were made of satin. The tree ignites itself in the morning sun. ...

Aspen is a dioecious tree, meaning that they will grow either male of female flowers but not both on the same individual. This sapling produced flowers for the first time revealing itself as a male. ...

Here are pictures of pear tree flowers (Pyrus communis) taken on April 24, 2021. We can clearly see the pistil (female organ) at the center surrounded by the stamen not yet deployed. A close-up of the anther dispersing the pollen at the tip of the stamen (male organ). Dichogamy As we can see in the pictures above, there is a difference in the timing of the pollen release and the female organ receptivity. Nature rarely leaves things to chance and this mechanism is called dichogamy. ...

Each spring I hastily wait for the blossoms of my small crabapple. It then becomes a lovely bouquet that fills my home with the perfume of roses. At this point it is impossible to hide its belonging to the Rosaceae family. Peak blossom - May 9, 2021 Flower buds about to open - May 1, 2021 A few more days to wait. The crabapple is holding still for warmer days to welcome the pollinators. ...