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I say "What's Blooming?" but I also mean "Whassup?!!!" There's a new hotel in the neighborhood suitable for elves, fairies, toads, and bugs. Snails and slugs need not apply.
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The zucchini grows in the jail that keeps the peas locked up safely for their own good.
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My clematis is finally taking off! I am filled with post-rapture rapture.
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The tiny bees are sipping nectar from the forget-me-nots and the petals are already beginning to fall.
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The golden hops is climbing over the climbing hydrangea, which is starting to bud.
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The other hops is getting ready to sprint up the wall.
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I brought the lemon verbena out to play. Note to self: buy vodka for lemon verbena cocktails.
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White lilacs bloom against a brooding sky.
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My old faithful poppies are already closing up for the night.
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The nasturtiums are recovering from the nasty hailstorm damage and the salad burnett is coming into its own.
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I pruned this baby back hard. Boy, she is tough.
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Now this is wierd: two kinds of flowers grow on the same azalea. See below.
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There are big red blooms and tiny pink blooms. It must have been grafted. Of course there is scilla everywhere. I will let it bloom, then dig a bunch up. It really loves to attach itself to other bulbs. Like the hydra, it tends to grow new "heads" at an alarming rate.
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The rhubarb catches falling tulip petals and I need to cut the grass!
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We are eating our first spring salads with "Easter Egg" radishes.
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The spent tulips have some amazing colours. I deadheaded the tulips and have begun to dig some of them up to store them inside until fall. What do you do with the bulbs when the stem breaks off? I planted them in a pot. We'll see how that works.
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Strawberries are blooming. The buttercup is blooming and the dandelions have already gone to seed.
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I put in this pic of my neighbour's dogwood tree. There's a nice colour relationship with the Japanese maple behind it and his front door.
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