At home, about 8am Saturday, 9 April 2011, after a cold, drizzy night at the end of a week with both warm and cool days, some strong wind, and at least one brief spell of heavy rain. (Through the winter, we have to surround these trees with 5′ wire fencing to save their large, fuzzy buds from the deer.)

Below, a few shots of the same from Monday afternoon this week.

Here’s a reference to Gardening-Guy.com, on what looks like the same plant.