Ours have buds on. We have two large ones in our new garden but I was rather horrified when Harry came in a few weeks ago & said he had trimmed that tree… he had cut off all the lower branches complete wit numerous buds! He hasn’t done the same to the other…after it’s flowered I told him! He loves to mow grass but not a gardener!
Oh dear! Ray's dad was not a gardener but loved cutting things down!
( Nearly all of them are gone now. I was supriced by finding one. ) )