Macro Monday: Pomegranate

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Monday 13 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike

My posting for Macro Monday.

Hope you all like it 🙂

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Looks like some underwater plant, but in fact it’s just a new leaf on a pomegranate bush. During winter they are just bare and almost dead looking, but during late March/early April, the leaves start to appear.

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Within 10 days the whole bush/tree has come to life, and off we go into another season. The spectacular red flowers are a month away yet, with fruit weighing in at 0.75-1.5kg (1.5-3.5 lbs) ready for late summer through to mid autumn.

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