We wouldn't typically be excited about purple loosestrife budding, but in this case, we are! Our potted purple loosestrife are sprouting over at the Assabet River NWR visitor center!
The plants are all in different stages of growth, as you can see by the different types, sizes, and lengths of their sprouts. Purple loosestrife put up new sprouts from their roots each spring, and every year they grow more stems than they did the previous year.
The buds start out as small reddish nubbins, growing longer until they begin to turn green spread out into leaves.
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