Here's a series of photos following the first spring growth flush of my St Ann Satsuma.
The winter protection came off last week, but I probably could have removed it a week or two earlier, the last freezing temps at my house were back on April, 7. However, we have not had much warmth... a very typical spring so far.
This is the time of year that I am jealous of everyone outside of New England. Coastal Massachusetts takes forever to warm up in the spring due to the cold ocean temps. It has been in the mid to upper 70's inland, but only in the low 60's near the coast, although those inland areas have had frosts/freezes much more recently.
Here are pics of the same bud over the past 5 weeks or so.
3-24-13
4-11-13
4-17-13
4-20-13
5-2-13
Looks like I may have at least one flower bud.
This shoot further along than the others, hopefully I'll be able to spot a few more flower buds as the other shoots start growing larger.
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