blossom-buds

Updated: May 28, 2025

There is but one bud in each axil, and usually two or three flowers in each bud, but the leaves on the twigs are crowded and the flowers therefore appear in clusters. The blossom-buds are larger and more rounded than the leaf-buds.

Jane H. Newell - Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf