I have one under my window and track it progresses from bare branches to burgeoning buds to the gentle crocheted vale of pink flowers to a strong mane of putple leaves. And I never notice when this tree sheds leaves - somehow I never do - it's always a surprise to me when I see it's naked again :)
![Sketchbook #112: Thundercloud Plum Tree](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4655/40645965981_da307cdd7f_z.jpg)
![Sketchbook #112: Thundercloud Plum Tree](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4786/38835833210_b679ee968b_z.jpg)