The apple blossoms in the work take every conceivable shape and colour. There are deep pink buds still tightly closed, pale pink flowers half opened, white flowers in full bloom with their yellow stamens exposed, and flowers turning brown as they fall. The entire process — putting out new shoots, setting buds, opening, and passing away — is unfolded by the artist across the full picture surface in description of extreme fineness.
Nature carries the meaning of a refuge for human beings, yet it is at the same time a fierce ground of life where countless living things are born and pass away; the artist shows this through spring blossoms opening under the sunlight. The height of flowering lasts no more than an instant, but she presents that cross-section of the cycle — growing, blossoming, and passing away — as the radiant energy held in a modest spring flower.