Wordless Wednesday – Peony Unfolding

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IAVOM – More Daffs

I get to use my Lenox daffodil vase this week! Narcissi ‘Thalia’, ‘Starlight Sensation’ and ‘Pipit’ share the limelight.

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.

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New Walkway for Spring

We’re very grateful and proud of the work our son did refurbishing our front and back flat-stone walkways. Previously, they looked like shifting tectonic plates, now restored for easy stepping. Good hardscaping complements a garden!

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Wordless Wednesday – Maple Samaras

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IAVOM – Spring Mix

Daffodils are in peak form this week and I’ve selected several cultivars to feature in this week’s vase. Joining them are a few clusters of primula (P. veris) and stems of forsythia, Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and spicebush viburnum (Viburnum carlesii).

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.

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Silent Sunday – Daffodil Heaven

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Wordless Wednesday – Magnolia

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Silent Sunday – Helleborus

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Wordless Wednesday – Fresh Air & Sunshine

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IAVOM – Narcissi

The lawn is greening with warming days and plentiful rain, and the first Narcissi are blooming in my yard, hurrah!

In the background of the first photo, you can see N. Jetfire’ and from elsewhere (out of view) I picked for this vase: N. ‘Ice Follies’, N. ‘Peeping Tom’ and (I think?) N. ‘Sailboat.’ Additionally, a stem of Hellebore niger with old and new blooms, branches of shrub honeysuckle (Lonicera tartarica) and black birch (Betula lenta) still hanging around since mid-winter!

Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.

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