The 20 year old accidentally bonsai’d apricot tree that I finally planted in the ground has truly established himself and has chosen a branch with which he will form his main trunk. He’s putting all his energy into this one branch and it’s making dozens of tiny offshoot branches and it is rapidly growing taller
After making these branches, Carl went “wait, no, I want to be taller!” grew about 18 inches then went “no, wait, branches!!!” and has changed his mind once again in favor of height. He looks a bit silly, but he’s about 7 feet tall now!
I’m so glad he’s happy
Me, today, on November 17th: Hey Carl, what you got there?
Carl, rustling excitedly: a new leaf!
Me: NO!
Carl has finally dropped all his leaves and I’m seeing something potentially exciting…
This, I think, might be a flower spike.
Compare it to his normal branch leaf buds
Heck, those might even be some future flowers in the first one
I did some research, and the big, fat, sticky-outy buds should *all* be flowers! The flat, small buds like in the last photo are future leaves.
amhrancas 