Unusual tree blooming... at least for me: Here in Chapel Hill on April 2nd… everything is blooming. In all the years here… I’ve never seen this particular tree bloom in this way. I’m...

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

Here in Chapel Hill on April 2nd… everything is blooming. In all the years here… I’ve never seen this particular tree bloom in this way.

I’m posting this not for any photographic value. I’m posting it simply to share with you the unusual way that this happened… in this year… in this way.

Maybe it’s not so unusual. But it is to me.

Barry

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808caver Loc: Maui

Unusual and very cool !!

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

bbrowner wrote:

Here in Chapel Hill on April 2nd… everything is blooming. In all the years here… I’ve never seen this particular tree bloom in this way.

I’m posting this not for any photographic value. I’m posting it simply to share with you the unusual way that this happened… in this year… in this way.

Maybe it’s not so unusual. But it is to me.

Barry

That is the first time I've seen anything like that. It is very pretty, but quite unusual. Thanks for sharing.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Wow! That is something, Barry. Redbud trees will send out short twigs with flowering buds from just about anywhere on the tree, but you have an extreme example there.

Redbud - Cercis canadensis - an understory tree native to most of the eastern United States. It is in the bean family.

Mike

Bertk Loc: NY

Very unusual, never seen it before. Thanks for sharing.

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

Can't say I've ever seen a redbud do that either! Thanks for sharing this special happening.👍🤓👍

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

That is odd. Mine has never done that, but I have seen some that do.

Zazzy1 Loc: Northern Ca.

Is that a fungus?

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

Zazzy1 wrote:

Is that a fungus?

No... not fungus. All blooms.

Zazzy1 Loc: Northern Ca.

Oh wow! Well that is very interesting.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Super nice, what ever it is.

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Cool...

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

That’s an ancient redbud! Many redbuds in these parts show blossoms along the trunks and limbs. The redbuds here also look especially full with blooms this year. The relatively mild temps this past winter with lots of rain may account for that.

Stan

RWCRNC Loc: Pennsylvania

Cool, never seen either

HamBar06 Loc: Philadelphia, PA

bbrowner wrote:

Here in Chapel Hill on April 2nd… everything is blooming. In all the years here… I’ve never seen this particular tree bloom in this way.

I’m posting this not for any photographic value. I’m posting it simply to share with you the unusual way that this happened… in this year… in this way.

Maybe it’s not so unusual. But it is to me.

Barry

Thanks for the terrific redbud tree post. I am impressed as I have a young one in my side yard in Philly which is just now budding out, and I am looking forward to seeing it bloom more now than ever.
Larry