Gardening 2018

Spring is trying to move in, and the garden is starting to show some color.

Hellebores (lentenrose)
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Starmagnolia
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Oh, how pretty! Thank you, Heidi.

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Very nice, thank you!

So pretty, thanks! We had tulips sneaking up but just had a snowstorm and it was freezing 😾

It is a rainy, damp day today, about 38 degrees F, but I still enjoyed walking through the garden to look at everything that's in bloom right now.

Bleeding heart
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Wild cherry tree
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Rhododendron
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Magnolia
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Pieris
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So nice to see the early bloomers. I didn't recognize the name Pieris but with a google search, discovered some of us know it as the lovely Andromeda.

Spring has sprung. Wait a minute, there's possible snow in the forecast for Saturday.:eek:
I'm over it, I want it to warm up, and plant as many flowers as possible, and get my hibernating plants out of the basement!

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Crabapple tree
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The gardening year is finally in full swing, and everything looks so beautiful after all the rain. Today we made it to 80F.

Foam flower
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Clematis
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Walking Egyptian onion (when the tops get too heavy, they bend over, touch the ground and start growing from there
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Lovely!!!

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I grow some vegetables in my garden and some orchids too.

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Originally Posted by sleepgrazed

I grow some vegetables in my garden and some orchids too.

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Wow, where do you live that you can grow orchids in your garden?

In our area, North Carolina, quite a few hardy orchids are growing.

https://www.plantdelights.com/blogs/...-in-the-garden

Lilacs in full bloom
Scent the air with perfumed spice
Memories, portent

The heavy clusters
Bend time, it’s forever May;
We are young once more

Gathering armfuls
From abandoned places, white
And purple, fragrant

Silent beauty like
Love notes from ghost gardeners
Tinged with wistful tones

Karen, I just saw your picture of that beautiful lilac, and the haiku. I love the fragrance.
The month of May has been a washout. And now, with tropical storm Alberto, there's even more rain coming.
The garden, though, is growing well. But our deck can't handle all the water.
Amazingly, the honey bees are finding their way between the downpours. The first tomatoes are appearing right outside the kitchen window.

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Beautiful Haiku Karen. Brings so many lovely memories for me 💕