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<\/a><\/p>\nClematis alpina \u201cWilly\u201d blooming on the fence behind the house. \u00a0There aren\u2019t as many blooms this year. \u00a0I plan to cut this vine way back after blooming, as it has gotten too big for its own good.<\/p>\n
Another close-up of these delicate, graceful blooms.<\/p>\n Here is the potted daphne from sister Cate blooming on the patio. \u00a0The fragrance is fantastic!<\/p>\n A few species tulips persist in the woodland garden. \u00a0I believe these are Tulipa batalinii\u2013such a vivid red.<\/p>\n Choisya\u00a0ternata blooming along the fence in the woodland garden.<\/p>\n I just read that Choisya is in the rue family, and that makes sense\u2013I\u2019ve never liked the smell of the plants themselves, but the flowers are wonderfully sweet.<\/p>\n Gorgeous rhody\u00a0blooming in the woodland garden.<\/p>\n The path in the woodland garden is surrounded by blooms\u2013Dicentra, Muscari, Hyacinthoides, and Choisya.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Cymbalaria muralis (Kenilworth Ivy) blooming in a pot on the back patio. \u00a0I started a bunch of these from seed last year and now they are in many of the seedling\u00a0pots on the shelves near the greenhouse. \u00a0 Interestingly, the \u201cRed Deer Tongue\u201d lettuce that I transplanted last week are now of two distinct colors. \u00a0The ones I left outside are now deep red, while the ones in the greenhouse are still green with just a hint of red. \u00a0I\u2019m not sure if this is a temperature issue or a sun issue.<\/p>\n Masdevallias are going NUTS in the greenhouse\u2013there must be more than twenty flowers open at once! \u00a0Quite a show!<\/p>\n These wispy flowers are from a scented pelargonium. \u00a0It sulked for a year, but now it is spreading its cute flowers far and wide on the top shelf.<\/p>\n The mystery irid opened a few flowers today. \u00a0I think it might be Sisyrinchium striatum, and it may well be hardy\u2013so out it goes into the garden when the weather warms!<\/p>\n Close-up of flower.<\/p>\n Another photo showing interest way the flowers appear on the stalk. \u00a0Online photos show that this plant can be very showy when it is well-grown. \u00a0The leaves make a stunning fan, as well.<\/p>\n Pelargonium blooming in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n Rhodohypoxis baurii\u00a0putting on a wonderful show in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n Clivia clone blooming in the greenhouse. \u00a0This reddish shade is a nice contrast to the usual orange\/yellow.<\/p>\n Pelargonium papilloniaceum really going crazy in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n Beautiful tillandsia blooming in the greenhouse\u2026<\/p>\n Abutilon hybrid blooming in the greenhouse. \u00a0I plan to pull everything out of there next weekend if the weather cooperates, and the flowering maples will go into the ground. \u00a0They are not hardy, but I can get cuttings in the fall to keep them going.<\/p>\n Some cutting-grown\u00a0Abutilon megapotmicum\u00a0in the greenhouse. \u00a0I expect these will be hardy, so they are getting planted outside next weekend.<\/p>\n Another seedling Clivia clone\u2013this one with large flowers with interesting white markings in the throat.<\/p>\n The plants I purchased for brother Tim\u2019s p-patch plant sale are starting to grow. \u00a0They are slow due to the cool weather, but I think they\u2019ll be just right when the sale comes around.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Polygonatum multiflorum popping up in the Doug fir bed.<\/p>\n Cherry \u201cMorello\u201d in full bloom. \u00a0The one bee that I saw was on this productive little tree.<\/p>\n Cherry \u201cVandalay\u201d blooming \u00a0nicely for a small tree. \u00a0I tried to pollinate this one with the Morello, but I have no idea if it worked or even was the right thing to try!<\/p>\n There aren\u2019t many tulips left in the garden, but these three are sturdy and stunning. \u00a0These might be Arabian Mystery.<\/p>\n Lamium blooming near the Jeff Tangen arbor\u2013very pretty ground cover.<\/p>\n More Lamium maculatum near the arbor.<\/p>\n Lovely violet blooming in the driveway bed.<\/p>\n The scorpion senna is about to be in full bloom. \u00a0It is a mess, I admit, but I still love it!<\/p>\n My gardening hasn\u2019t advanced to a point where I feel like there are a lot of beautiful vignettes to be happy about. \u00a0However, near the fence of the orchard bed, this welcoming sight makes my heart sing. \u00a0These are wallflowers and bleeding hearts, with a nice mix of foliage types in and around them.<\/p>\n The columnar apple trees blooming nicely in the orchard bed. \u00a0I worked the flowers over with a paint brush today and will again in another day or two\u2013hoping to fill in for the missing bees!<\/p>\n Goumi berry shrub starting to bloom in the orchard bed.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Another part of the visually appealing fence-bed in the orchard garden. \u00a0This golden bleeding heart is from sister Cate.<\/p>\n Another view\u2013you can see just a bit of yellow in the richly colored wall flowers that pick up the golden color of the Dicentra.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I took a paint brush out to the orchard bed and driveway bed today to try to pollinate the fruit trees. \u00a0I only saw one bee all weekend! 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