February 26th, 2018 was the first cooler day in almost a week where the temperatures weren't in the mid 70's. It was a high of 48*F and overcast when I went to monitor both of the spicebushes. On both of the bushes it was apparent that there was between 101-1,000 breaking leaf buds!!! Unfortunately, it looks like these breaking leaf buds are far from becoming actual leaves. On the flipside, neither of these spicebushes had older mature leaves on them, however, they both had older mature fruits still connected to the branches (11-100 fruits with >95% maturity) from last season. Both spicebushes, however, seem to be more than ready to want the warmer weather back, with 101- 1,000 flower bud clusters just waiting to open in the weeks to come. (Post by Nicholle Johnson) Breaking Leaf buds of the Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) 02-26-2018 photos by Nicholle Johnson
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