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Eliza Waters 
Who would of thought, nature, such a delight in so many shades of green 😀❤️🙏
My favorite color! 💚
Lovely colors.
Thank you, Cindy! 🙂
Beautiful shot, Eliza.
Thank you, Alys!
I enjoy the different shades of green as well as the patterns of the leaves.
Thank you, Anne. I appreciate lots of texture in a garden.
An interesting and unusual photo and quite pretty and uncommon (??) plant those ‘Fairy Wings’ are…with beautiful flowers. Leaves remind me of Caladiums.
Have a super Happy Mother’s Day!
Thank you, Alice. That is Barrenwort or Epimedium, a good shade plant!
Happy Mother’s Day!
That fresh foliage looks very nice! Maybe the rain helped!
Thank you, Hien. Rain is definitely welcome. 🙂
Seeing so much lush verdure after a long winter is incredibly refreshing.
Agreed, I delight at the unfolding! Thanks, Tanja.
I especially like the variegated leaves; they’re as pretty as flowers.
Texture and variegation are perfect in a shade garden where few flowers bloom, and offers interest all season long. Thanks, Linda!
My favorite time in spring as the foliage comes on more and more.
Spring is a delightful unfolding, so hopeful!
So many colors, textures and shapes–a lovely representation of how varied foliage can be. Refreshing photo, Eliza.
Thank you, Jet!
What textures!
Gracias, Maria!
Such a lovely combination of textures and colors.
Thank you, Laurie, a good shade combo!
Nice combo of form and textures–lovely!
Thank you, Tina! 🙂
Nothing like spring greens!
Yes, indeed, I love how it lifts the spirit. Thanks, Sandy!
You bet!
So fresh and pretty, makes me dream of a good salad!
A different sort of Spring Mix salad. 🙂 Thanks, Tracy!
That is a nice combo. I would like to see more examples of pairing foliage plants that aren’t all green.
Thank you. That might be a good idea for a future post!
Fabulous
Merci, Sheree!
De rien Eliza
Lovely photo, Eliza! I especially like the variegated leaves. They add nice texture and color to the garden.
Thank you, Debbie! One of my favorite garden combinations. 🙂
Lovely colours and textures!
Thank you, Belinda!
Oh, those Epimediums and ferns are simply delicious! What a lovely photo. It is so nice to see your garden unfolding and the snow dissolved into memory for another summer ❤ ❤ ❤ Happy Mother’s Day!
You might like the note about the history of MD at the end of this post: https://jccwmg.org/wordpress/peonies-for-mothers-day/
Delicious is the right word! Happy Mother’s Day!
Love the patterns on these fresh leaves
Even without flowers, Epimediums are wonderful! I so wish I could grow them here.
Agreed. This one is very tough and spreads quickly. They are known for tolerating dry shade… but maybe not quite as dry as you experience, alas.
Spring-ing out all over. 😀
Hallelujah! 🙂
Beautiful variations of colour, Eliza. 🌿
Thank you, Joanne.
It looks like green waves of ferns and worts marching to their own drummer…..😊….
😀 Naturally! Thanks much.
So gorgeous and peaceful! I’d like to have a wall at home covered in ferns, perhaps not so practical 🙂
Thank you, Maria. I love the concept of ‘living walls’ but I can imagine moisture would be an issue. The most successful ones I’d think would be succulent ones in CA. 🙂
So beautiful!
Thank you!
A perfect description!
Thanks, Gary!
No flowers needed here … pretty foliage!
Thanks, I love the flawlessness of new leaves before the weather wears them and critters munch them. Pristine!
Everything is growing so fast now. We were away for a week and my garden had changed so much during that time…(Suzanne)
Yesterday it got to 83F here and everything just bolted!