Personal account. Botanist. #TropicalBotany. 🌴 Author of "A Gardener's Guide to Botany.” 🐶 Henry's 2nd favorite dad. IG: Scott.Zona. Posting from North Carolina, USA. Trapped in Trumpistan. #IamaBotanist
Many temperate plants were described as “perulate” meaning that the overwintering buds are covered by bud scales (nowadays rarely called perulae). You can see the brown bud scales here on this shoot of Hydrangea quercifolia. They are just modified leaves. #Hydrangeaceae#bracts#Botany 🌾🧪🌱
