Botany
budding vs blooming
- Violet Snow
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In response to What's the difference? posted by s88f:
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Budding refers to the swelling of buds in preparation for leafing or blooming (which is the same as flowering, referring only to flowers). I'd define "leafing" as the process from the point when individual, recognizable leaves appear until the leaves are at their mature size. Blooming or flowering means at least some of the flowers have emerged from the buds and have opened.
For trees, depending on the species, leaves and flowers may emerge at different times and in different sequence. By the time you can really see them, budding is over. Budding is fascinating--it proceeds very fast, and the buds look different every day, but you have to look closely and begin early if you're going to catch the different stages.
Violet
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