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Yes I know it’s Tuesday. I did not forget about Green Thumb Sunday. I just wasn’t able to make my post on Sunday because I was so busy. I’d rather have been posting, or gardening or pretty much anything else other than what I was doing! I was doing taxes!

It turned out to be a beautiful day on Saturday. I actually got outside, enjoyed some time with my husband sitting at our patio table that my husband had just hauled out and put back together that morning, and walked around taking photos of some of the flowers that were blooming.

Like this one. This is helleborus orientals. It’s also known as the Christmas rose. It’s called the Christmas rose because in some areas it blooms around Christmas time – even in the snow. Our area is too cool in the winter for it to live up to it’s name, however ours often is an early bloomer, tending to bloom around the same time as the crocus’.

I discovered that our Helleborus had one fully open flower and several buds that will soon bloom. I’ll try to get another photo when there are several buds blooming.

Isn’t this a lovely plant? The flowers are gorgeous but shy. They hang their pretty heads so it’s hard to see them in the garden. They draw you close so you can see their true beauty.

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