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Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) leaf bud opening. The buds of the horse chestnut, known as sticky buds because of the sticky gum that protects them over the winter, burst open over a few days as soon as the weather becomes warm in spring. Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK. May 2004.
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