See this orange blossom? It smells FABulous. I put my nose right up in it and took a giant whiff. I only learned recently that orange trees would even have blossoms. Thankfully, the folks at one of my favorite local plant stores, Sunshine Miniature Trees, where I picked up my dwarf orange tree gave me the inside scoop.
The embarrassing fact is that apparently all trees, bushes, shrubs and the like that produce fruit all flower before the fruit comes...and I had NO clue. In fact, the first time I saw a bud, I thought it was a fruit starting, but alas, I was wrong. Just a bloom. The more people I ask, the more I realize that this is some common knowledge I missed out on in childhood. They should have included this information on Sesame Street.
2 comments:
Orange blossom is my ABSOLUTE favorite smell. Good for you!
You've inspired me- I planted red peppers, 2 kinds of tomatoes and cukes today. And herbs! Duncan "helped"...
Ooh...red peppers! That's wonderful. My red pepper plant has its first little pepper growing now. It's tiny, green, and adorable.
I really need to go to the store and buy some tomato plants...if only I had Duncan to help me! ;-)
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