Those are for the bees, More important, is the ovary within its frilly, protective leaf, and the stamens attached to it. As you can see, they’re very much alive.
It’s not the petals that make a flower!
Okanagan Okanogan
Uniting art and science in the earth.
A beauty!
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Indeed. The whole tree is very lovely this spring.
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