Fourteen Day Dogwood: Sunday
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Fourteen days after Easter: What exactly does “full blossom” mean anyway? Here’s the Sunday picture of the dogwood we’ve been watching.
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Clearly, she’s not at “full blossom” today, even though these two buds seem to be at different stages in the blossoming process. The top photograph shows a bud near the bottom of the tree where it’s shady some of the time. The next photograph shows a bud just above the middle at about 20 feet up into the tree, in a more sunny place. Does it make a difference? Sunny, or shady? Hmm.
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So in my effort to get a shot that somehow looks different from all the other shots I’ve taken of the buds on this tree in the last 14 days, I’ve gotten up at dawn, been out shooting at midnight, climbed up under, and hung out the window pointing down in the rain.
The one above is cool because I was hanging out the window sideways. I like all the different materials in this shot — green of the evergreen arborvitae, bricks, vinyl siding, metal window frame, and of course, our trusty flowerless deciduous dogwood.
OH WHEN WILL SHE EVER BLOSSOM?! I’m getting bored taking pictures of dogwood buds!
HELP!
- We have 10 guesses now as to how many days past Easter it will take our dogwood to reach full blossom.
My Gemini optimistic alter ego said 11 days. (Come and gone.)
Brad and Heidi both said 17 days — April 9.
Cheryl said 18 days — April 10.
My original guess was 21 days — April 13.
Carolina Girl said 23 days after Easter — April 15.
Steve G. said 24 days — April 16.
Melissa said 38 days — April 30.
Jeff from Linden said 40 days — May 2. (Love the symbolism of “40 days.”)
Gabe said 51 days past Easter — May 13, his sister, Hayley’s, birthday.
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What’s your guess? Remember, we’re looking for FULL BLOSSOM. I estimate that it will take at least a week from the time the tree first begins to noticeably open up to the time she’s considered to be in full blossom. And as of today, Day 14 after Easter, we are still not seeing very much movement.
I’ve been watching my own Dogwood along with yours and I’m going to guess…Day 25
Nancy
Comment by Nancy — April 8, 2008 @ 9:44 am
Hey! What about my guess of 25 days?
I loved your picture today.
Your dogwood is ahead of mine.
Nancy
Metuchen, NJ
Comment by Nancy — April 9, 2008 @ 7:29 am
Hey Nancy! Thanks for guessing! It’s in the list for today’s post.
Comment by jules — April 9, 2008 @ 7:39 am