Mayo62 said:
@ sooby
Sue, can you explain to me what you mean by that..? How are emerging dormant buds different from non-dormant buds..?
It's easier to see the difference here where all the leaves are dead in winter, but maybe this will help.
If you look closely at this first picture you can see that last year's leaves are resuming growth but with last year's dead growth still attached. There are no short green leaves on the outside of the new growth.
This next one had set dormant buds, there is no old dead growth from last year attached to the outer leaves and there are short leaves on the outside of the shoot which do not elongate, suggesting that they surrounded a resting dormant bud.
This is going to be harder to determine where the leaves don't die in winter.
