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When I looked out my window last Saturday morning, the freshly blooming spring was coated with a layer of glistening frost. |
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Pieris Japonica - an late winter bloomer - seemed unscathed by the frosty touch. |
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Solomon Seal and Azaleas pressed on in their glory |
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My hellebores kept their little heads down as usual as if to say, "Oh dear, here we go again." |
My Japanese maples were glorious with their glitzy foliage in the early morning light.
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Japanese double kerria |
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Have you ever wondered how the tulip magnolias got their name? One look gives it away. |
Kwanzan cherry with virburnam/
I LOVE this heuchera called 'Electric Lime'
Erica or Mediterranean heather still blooming after 3 months finally gets usurped by the blooming azaleas.
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Fothergilla is a very under-rated 3 season beauty in the garden. |
This Golden Shadow red twig dogwood is one of my favorites and echoes the colors of the Euphorbia 'Blackbird' blossoms seen the photo below that are about 3 feet away from it.
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Chinese Snowball viburnam - blooms again in the fall but is audaciously stunning each spring. |
Variegated Solomon Seal is almost other-worldly as it rises up from the ground each spring
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A freshly frosted tulip |
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Muscari |
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Mable has just about figured out how to get out of our old fence. Peonies ready to bust open. |
Labels: azaleas, Heuchera, japanese maples, last frost, Mediteranean heather, Solomon Seal, spring, Tulips