Silent Sunday – Choke Cherry Flower Buds

Posted on May 2, 2026 by Eliza Waters
Prunus virginiana 
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49 Responses to Silent Sunday – Choke Cherry Flower Buds

  1. Mark Lanesbury's avatar Mark Lanesbury says:
    May 2, 2026 at 11:18 pm

    I can smell the vitamin D Eliza, sunshine everywhere 🤗❤️🙏

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  2. Jane Lurie's avatar Jane Lurie says:
    May 2, 2026 at 11:27 pm

    Pretty shot with the rim lighting on the buds, Eliza. 🙂

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  6. Tranature - quiet moments in nature's avatar Tranature - quiet moments in nature says:
    May 3, 2026 at 6:40 am

    They look so magical in this light Eliza! 🤍✨️ xxx

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  7. Val T Boyko's avatar Val T Boyko says:
    May 3, 2026 at 7:11 am

    Love that light❣️

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  8. LightWriters's avatar LightWriters says:
    May 3, 2026 at 8:34 am

    🤩🤩🤩🤩🙌🏼 lovely to see these! They grew around my childhood home.

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  9. shoreacres's avatar shoreacres says:
    May 3, 2026 at 8:34 am

    The backlighting is glorious! I didn’t think I’d encountered these, and according to this, I probably haven’t: “Prunus virginiana (chokecherry) is native to nearly all of Canada and the United States (excluding the deep Southeast).” We have P. umbellata, the flatwoods plum, which is limited to east Texas. Haven’t seen that one, either!

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    • Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
      May 3, 2026 at 2:03 pm

      Thank you, Linda. Apparently, they can host a deadly disease that kills peach, cherry and plum, so they are removed within 500 feet of commercial trees. Since I have none of those, I don’t have to worry about that. The birds are grateful, I imagine. They love the fruit.

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  11. Alice's avatar Alice says:
    May 3, 2026 at 8:55 am

    Have you ever made jam or tasted it? I haven’t.

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  12. Laurie Graves's avatar Laurie Graves says:
    May 3, 2026 at 9:45 am

    Such beautiful light!

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  13. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    May 3, 2026 at 10:27 am

    Love the backlighting, nice capture, Eliza!

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  14. Dale's avatar Dale says:
    May 3, 2026 at 10:42 am

    Now I miss my chokecherry tree that was outside my old bedroom window. What a pretty photo!

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  15. willowspring66's avatar willowspring66 says:
    May 3, 2026 at 10:42 am

    w-o-w !!!! so beautiful and filled with the hope of spring!

    thank you so much

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  16. Karma's avatar Karma says:
    May 3, 2026 at 12:17 pm

    Pretty light! The buds remind me a little of pussy willows – are they fuzzy at all?

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  17. belindagroverphotography's avatar belindagroverphotography says:
    May 3, 2026 at 3:51 pm

    Pretty against that background!

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  18. Tails Around the Ranch's avatar Tails Around the Ranch says:
    May 4, 2026 at 9:45 am

    What a beautiful image, Eliza.

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  19. denisebushphoto's avatar denisebushphoto says:
    May 4, 2026 at 10:44 am

    We had a late April snow and freeze that spoiled our crab apple blossoms and columbine buds. The bears love the chokeberries so I hope they survive for their sake!

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  20. krispeterson100's avatar krispeterson100 says:
    May 4, 2026 at 2:31 pm

    A splash of sunshine!

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  22. Steve Schwartzman's avatar Steve Schwartzman says:
    May 8, 2026 at 4:34 pm

    I find it strange that cherries (and choke-cherries) are in the genus Prunus, which in turn is in the rose family.

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