Saturday, 23. February 2008, 09:56:51
spring, Netherlands, 2008
One day later... I took a few more pictures of the rescued catkins to record how they are growing.
I am quite struck by the speed difference: some seem to be growing much faster than others. Maybe some branches were just farther along anyway, but it's also possible some were blown off the tree earlier than others and had become dried out a bit. I'll give them some fresh water and crush the lower end of the stems a bit more, so they can take advantage of it.
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Friday, 22. February 2008, 21:15:00
spring, Netherlands, 2008
Spring seems to come ever earlier here. It's only Februari, but birds are singing as if it's March, and many daffodils seem to be blooming a week early. Some trees are budding, too, also seemingly earlier than normal. But Februari is also still the storm season, and we've been having some strong wind lately.
Yesterday, when I was walking home, I passed below a few tall trees. A lot of small branches had been blown off in the strong wind and when I took a closer look, they had sprouting buds - it looked as if they would become some kind of catkins. I have no idea what type of tree this was, and normally the branches are much too high to see details like this. On a whim, I picked up a few of the budding branches, and took them home where I put them in a little jar.
When I woke up this morning, most of the buds were already twice the size they were yesterday! I took a few pictures - I think they are quite beautiful. And now, when I'm writing this, they have already grown even more. I'll try to take a few more pictures tomorrow.
Does anyone know what kind of tree this is?
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spring,
Netherlands,
2008
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