Since I spent the last week-and-a-half at home due to the Corona crisis thing I had time enough for doing things I normally wouldn’t have time for.

One of those things was taking a picture every day of my 1-year-old Horse-Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) seedling opening it’s 1 big bud. Here you go 🙂

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 8, seen slightly from above.

Once the first set of leaves has hardened off the leading shoot will be pinched so new shoots will develop and more branching will occur.