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<\/a><\/p>\nThe big Pelargoniums are starting to bloom. \u00a0The flowers are intricate and quirky, and a welcome change from the heavier flowers in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n
This is a first-time blooming Clivia that appears to be pure yellow. \u00a0I can\u2019t get at it through the jungle, but I plan to pull it out this weekend and label it, along with labels of the others that are blooming.<\/p>\n I can take no credit for this, but I think this is the most full, gorgeous Clivia umbel I\u2019ve ever grown! \u00a0It is fantastic! \u00a0I didn\u2019t do anything different\u2013it just happened to turn out this way. \u00a0 \u00a0Flowers like these remind me why Clivias are my favorites\u2013well, that and the fact that I have 100+ of them!<\/p>\n This Clivia has the largest flowers of all of my seedlings. \u00a0It is the same one I photographed earlier with more pastel-looking flowers. \u00a0They are less pastel now, but the light colored centers are more cream than yellow, and their size and substance are unsurpassed.<\/p>\n More Pelargonium papillonaceum\u00a0flowers.<\/p>\n These are offsets from Miss Clivia, brother Tim\u2019s first plant that introduced us to this genus. \u00a0I\u2019m not sure when he got that plant\u2013I think it was from Park\u2019s, maybe 40 years ago!<\/p>\n Above are the Pleione formosana\u00a0flowers I\u2019ve been waiting for. \u00a0Five of them opened while we were away and two additional buds are nearly opened.<\/p>\n The Masdevallias continue to shine in the greenhouse\u2013lots of big, loud flowers!<\/p>\n The biggest surprise in the greenhouse this week\u2013just when I had given up on the Coelogyne cristata, here it is with flowers for the first time in maybe four or five years! \u00a0It seems much happier where it is currently in the greenhouse, and there look to be maybe 20 or more flowers coming on! \u00a0I can\u2019t wait to see and smell them!<\/p>\n The Camellia bloomed a bit while we were gone, too. \u00a0The show is less than spectacular, but the individual buds and blooms make up for it.<\/p>\n Another fuzzy photo, but this is a tree peony bud on the plant that Tim and Cate gave me for my birthday about 20 years ago.<\/p>\n Another bloom.<\/p>\n Another bud and bloom.<\/p>\n Too much sun on this giant flower, but you get the idea how full and huge it is\u2013the leaves below it are Daphne laureola.<\/p>\n The Corylopsis is in full bloom\u2013I think this is Corylopsis spicata. \u00a0This large shrub is having to pull the weight for the Forsythia that got cut back hard last year and is barely blooming.<\/p>\n Another view.<\/p>\n Very first Beauty plum flower opening. \u00a0I hope there are some pollinators about!<\/p>\n Sister Cate\u2019s Hellebore, sparkling in the spring sunlight.<\/p>\n Wallflowers planted out last year are budding up again. \u00a0I love that you can tell the darker reddish-orange ones from the yellow ones.<\/p>\n Here you can clearly see the yellow\u2013should be open in a week or so, with a little sun on our side.<\/p>\n I keep adding to the front patio \u201cshow\u201d with forced bulbs. \u00a0The little Narcissus are blooming and I added some Hyacinths that had been in the cold frame way too long today.<\/p>\n Just a few sweet flowers of this Primula poking through the Lamium. \u00a0I didn\u2019t realize it was even still there!<\/p>\n These surprise Chionodoxa popped up in the Doug fir bed. \u00a0They are gorgeous\u2013I should order more of them. \u00a0I suspect they were free with another bulb order.<\/p>\n My Frittialria imperialis lutea is going to bloom again this year\u2013it seems to be getting bigger\/stronger over time.<\/p>\n Closer up view of this interesting bulb\u2019s flowers.<\/p>\n Lone Trillium left in the Doug fir bed\u2013going to bloom. \u00a0I think these woodland plants prefer moister soil than what this giant conifer allows, but it has hung on for probably ten years.<\/p>\n The Hyacinths pulled from the cold frame a few weeks ago are starting to open.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The golden hop in the woodland garden is erupting from the ground! \u00a0It is gorgeous and if provided with a bit of guidance, it stays in line.<\/p>\n Epimediums starting to bud up\u2013they\u2019ll be bright yellow flowers in another week or ten days.<\/p>\n Leon bought this grouping at the Flower and Garden show this year\u2013we haven\u2019t decided on a final placement, but he may install them in the pond.<\/p>\n This qualifies as the largest Hyacinth I have ever seen!!! \u00a0It was forced in the cold frame and set in the kitchen window while we were away\u2013and here it is! \u00a0I had to move it outside\u2013the fragrance was overpowering!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We got back from the cabin today and I can\u2019t believe how fast things are growing! \u00a0Spring is bursting forward and I feel like I\u2019m behind already! 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