Budding

I said recently that only one of my five crepe myrtles had buds, and today I noticed that those buds are beginning to open:

Of the other four trees, a couple have a small number of buds now, and the remaining trees look like they might just be beginning to think about developing buds.

Here is a bud of a different sort:

The Limelight protea which was destroyed by a cockatoo last year is going to have a flower again this year. I hope I get to see it this time!