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this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2025
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Oh cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercis_canadensis
Looking for that particular cultivar...
edit: Rising Sun https://www.fast-growing-trees.com/products/rising-sun-redbud
Hooray, native!
Redbud. It's Oklahomas state treee, where I live, yes I have one and yes they are everywhere here. There are known for their pinkish red flowers in the spring.
I will say this photo has had help with the "effect " while the gradient is noticeable, typically not this much. Though when young they will definitely make you think you're seeing double
Heres one i planted in my front yard. It should grow to be around 20 to 25 ft tall
Imagine tripping balls and you see that.
I wonder what impressionist painters thought about this plant.
It looks like shell rendering in computer graphics. Some (all?) hedges in GTA V look very close to this when you zoom in.
Ugh. Poor unskilled photographer doesn't even have the frame in focus. Look how blurry that bush looks! It's almost as pixelated as an Asians genitals!
Needs a degaussing!
How video games render grass:
Shell texturing IRL.
super gradient flowers