Rose leaf growth

A rose bush, spreading her claws; a beautiful plant even before she grows a single flower.

Blackthorn Bloom

"Blackthorn truly embodies the old crone's abilities of care and cursing, and that magical boundary between worlds. The early springtime flowers appear so gentle and benign, yet underneath lie the largest and darkest sharp thorns, defensive and destructive as needed." - Corinne Boyer, "Under the Witching Tree"

rose leaf bud

photinia

The tiny flowers in Photinia fraseri.