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Plants I thought I’d lost were just dormant for a few years06.22.08

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I had a little bit of a surprise this year garden wise. You see there were some plants that I thought had died last year or the year before as they never came up in the spring. Well this year, after our long snowy winter I got a surprise … the Oriental Poppy [...]



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How to attract butterflies to your garden06.19.08

Back in 2002/2003 when my husband and I landscaped our backyard and created our raised bed garden I’d wanted to grow plants that would attract butterflies and birds to the garden. I spent the winter researching plants that would thrive in my area and that would attract butterflies. If they happened to [...]



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Muscari flowers do look like tiny grapes06.11.08

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Two weeks ago the Muscari (Grape Hyacinth) was going strong in my garden. I took advantage of their blooms and took lots of close up pictures of their tiny grape like flowers. Lovely aren’t they?

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Rhododendron is just starting to bloom05.28.08

Wordless Wednesday

My rhododendron has just started to flower. Only a few buds are showing the first few red petals, but soon all of the petals will emerge and those buds will open. Each bud will have multiple flowers all bunched together.

My Nova Zembla Rhododendron is just gorgeous when it’s bloom. I wish it bloomed [...]



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