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A YEAR IN LIFE OF ONE BUTTERFLY BUSH (or Buckeye Bush)
Early SPRING  - January - February - March: 
OUR BUTTERFLY BUSH IS WAKING UP TO THE NEW LIFE

Late SPRING - April - May - BLOOMING IS STARTING:


All 11 photos below are the best of many I took on Saturday afternoon, First Day of Summer, June 21st 2003. This plant was totally surrounded
by all kind of butterflies.  I have never seen so many of them together, flying and dancing, and chasing each other in the sun.     
I didn't know of which one to take a shot first!    And this is why this plant is called: BUTTERFLY BUSH:



Photos above were taken in daylight.  But our Buckeye Bush is full of life at night as well - just look at the "Night Shift" below:
Yummy!!!

Later in the SUMMER - small seeds begin to appear and slowly grow bigger & bigger.
And green leaves start changing their color & shape. The changes are fast and lead us into fall:
 
And in the FALL - The Beauty of blossoms changes into the beauty of Dry Branches and chestnut-like seeds:
 
And the CIRCLE OF LIFE continues...

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