Branches of spring-flowering trees and shrubs may look bare but their dormant buds hold a literal floral shop of hidden blooms. Spring flowers can burst open from dormant buds when they are “forced” to bloom early. “Forcing” is the horticultural term for the strategy of accelerating bloom time of dormant buds earlier than their natural cycle of waiting for the garden’s spring season t...
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