flower bud

There is only one set of flower buds each year.

In addition, flower buds have been set for next spring.

Flower buds at the top of the tree open first.

If there is not enough, the leaves keep growing and flower buds never set.

That means the tree has less energy for making flower buds.

Plants need time - months - to form flower buds.

The flower buds form on the old wood, so you don't want to cut it back by more than about half.

To set flower buds, it has to form a strong plant while days are cool and short.

Or sometimes both the flat leaves and the flower buds appear together.

The shrubs need all summer long to form flower buds for next year.

Flower buds will form on new wood that grows next year.

People use the bark and flower buds to make medicine.

They feed on the flower buds of their host plant.

But remember that every branch removed is full of flower buds.

The plants will need the summer growing season to properly develop flower buds.

The larvae of the first generation live in the flower buds.

Lilacs form their flower buds for next May in summer.

Snow cover protects flower buds; there is nothing to do.

Then, the plant will soon start to form its flower buds on the tips of the leaves.

If the pruning is done now, the flower buds would be cut off.

They usually react to heat by dropping the flower buds.

The eggs are deposited on or near the flower buds.

It develops the flower buds by the end of summer, but in January they all turn brown and fall off.

Some of them may even bloom or at least start to form flower buds for that summer display.

Keep cut stems short so that next years flower buds are retained.