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Hazel catkins are the male flowers, here releasing pollen onto the female flowers (tiny buds with pink tendrils) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Winter divides people. But even before the year is out, there are signs of new life. Hazel trees already have male catkins \u2013 small and green at first, then swelling and opening in a blaze of yellow. \u201cThere\u2019s something deeply comforting about the cyclical nature of botanising through the seasons,\u201d writes Leif Bersweden in Where the Wildflowers Grow. <\/em><\/p>\n\n

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PHOTOS: CATKINS: ROBERTO ZANETTE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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