### plant part | blossom | bud:

Axillary bud
* are buds on branches, and apical buds are buds on the main stem
  - located in the upper angles of leaves
* can grow to form lateral shoots called branches.
* grow when an apical bud has developed leaves.
* is the growth point that occurs above each leaf.
* make the plant grow short and bushy or they can form flowers.
* stimulate the growth of apical buds.

Dormant bud
* Most dormant buds produce shoots.
* are at the bases of all leaves
  - more susceptible to freezing than wood
* contain all the genetic information to grow a new tree.
* produce new shoots in the spring

Ear bud
* do a great job at eliminating surrounding noises.
* have no cuffs that surround the ear, and no headband.

Epicormic bud
* are dormant buds beneath a tree's bark.
* sprout a new crop of leaves.

### plant part | blossom | bud:

Flower bud
* Some flower buds look like broccoli stalks
  - tiny stalks
* abort and drop off just before they open.
* appear in the growing tip of the plant
  - soon after leaves on current season's growth
* are a favorite feeding site of thrips
  - also tasty when boiled
  - blasted and fall before opening
  - clustered at the tips of broccoli stems
  - coral
  - edible and make a colorful addition to salads
  - formed in the year previous to flowering and are enclosed in the winter bud
  - globose and stalked, and leaf buds are elongated and nearly sessile
  - highly aromatic, greenish to pink clustered at the end of the branch
  - less hardy than the leaf buds
  - light green
  - like little Japanese lanterns
  - long, narrow, and scrolled, and beautiful in their own right
  - made up of a short stem with embryonic flower parts
  - much larger than the leaf buds
  - often misshapen, and bulb scales are shrunken
* are pink opening to a white flower
  - white and often appear prior to the emergence of the foliage
  - set for all spring blooming plants now
  - some of the least cold-hardy parts of the tree
  - unexpanded blossoms
* are usually larger and rounder than leaf buds
  - plumper than leaf buds and on the terminal ends of branches
* can grow out of the stem when the stalk is cut.
* come in three's.
* develop the year prior to actual flowering and fruit production.
* die without opening.
* form on plant runners as they begin to climb a trellis.
* have thick, fleshy scales and solid centers.
* make a fine addition to herb butter.
* produce blossoms.
* rise above the leaves.
* start to form in about six weeks.
* turn brown and die before they open.
* winterkill in cold winters.

Infected bud
* are more sensitive to cold temperature injury than healthy buds.
* turn dark brown to black and die.

Lateral bud
* Most lateral buds become flowers
  - grow into plants
  - promote growth
* Some lateral buds grow into new branches.
* Some lateral buds produce plants
  - rhizomes
* are on the sides of a stem.
* form in the upper angles where the leaf is attached to the stem.
* give rise to lateral shoots.
* grow farther back along the stem, at places called nodes.
* grow into new rhizomes
  - out to form new rhizomes

Limb bud
* appear early and develop continuously through embryonic life.
* are present, and eyes, ears, and a nose appear.
* start out clear and turn pale blue, pink, and then bright red
  - to develop

Terminal bud
* Most terminal buds grow into shoots.
* Most terminal buds produce leaves
* Some terminal buds produce hormones
  - various hormones
* die, distortion and necrosis of young leaves.
* have special tissue, called apical meristem , cells that can divide indefinitely.
* is the growth point at the end of the stem that adds to the stem's lengths.
* produce a hormone that inhibits the growth of the axillary buds

Vegetative bud
* Most vegetative buds grow into plants.
* are numerous on the crown and primary and secondary roots.