Budding flowers give the promise of new life.  However, when I look at magazines like Better Home and Gardens or gardening websites, buds are often left out of pictures unless there is a particular focus of a horticultural procedure or planting guide.

Yet, I find buds to be a testament of not only the evolution to come but also of the beauty of the moment. The simple aesthetic and allure of budding flowers puts my photographer’s eye and mind in the mode of capturing the unique moment of recognition of what the bud might turn into yet also reveling in the depths of foliage, size, color, etc. in that first opening to the world.

For me, a bud is not just a beginning to be rushed through to get to the good part; for the brief time it remains a bud and is not yet a flower, it is something to be be appreciated in and of itself.

Purple Allium – I love the tightness of the petals before they break free of the casing and stretch into their full form.

I feel like I am looking at the top of a pin cushion.

Bursting Bloom

This bud looks like a tiny garden in and of itself.

Looks like a soft boiled egg to me.

A perfect lily egg.

The green leaves get lost when the blackeyed susan comes into full bloom. As a budding flower, it looks like a graceful dancer twirling in the wind.

These daffodil buds don’t give a hint to the trumpet shape they will unfold into in a few short days.

The deep pinkish red to the buds of this crabapple tree seem too red to become the pale pink the blossoms eventually become.

When this Queen Anne’s Lace is fully formed, all you will see is the whiteness of the flower. Now there are hints of lavender and pink.

There is no hint of the color this peony will become. Instead, we are treated to feathery green foliage and the beautiful full bud sitting like a green mint lollipop.

All photos © 2015 Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein – lisadw.wordpress.com