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A Tale of Two Flowers: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day February 2009

February 16, 2009

Last week, before prices started to rise on flowering plants for Valentine’s Day, I picked up a pot of florist’s cyclamen to brighten up the kitchen–and to make sure I had a bloom for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. (Here’s the owl’s summer home.) There are hardy cyclamen that can live outdoors in the northern reaches [...]

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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day November 2008

November 24, 2008

The first half of November, when these photos were taken (November 12th, to be exact), was unusually mild. So even though I missed Garden Bloggers Bloom Day by a mile (well, okay, only 9 days), I’m going to post these photos anyway, so I can remember this mild November when next winter comes around.

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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day October 2008

October 15, 2008

The double colchicums, which are later blooming, are at their peak:

Colchicum autumnale ‘Alboplenum’ is very floriferous and looks fantastic growing through dark foliage.
[caption id="attachment_1271" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Here's a closeup of those colchicums in the lilac-forsythia hedge."][/caption]

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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2008

June 15, 2008

Poppies, peonies, and iris: the three Grandes Dames of June
In a cold climate, the gardening season is shorter and more compressed. By the time the spring flowers get going, boom! it’s summer. Consider this: on May 29th we had our last frost. The next day it hit 80F (27C), which we reckon to be summery, [...]

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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: July

July 15, 2007

Larkspur ‘Sublime Dark Blue’

Ah, yes, Garden Bloggers Bloom Day has rolled around again. I always seem to have trouble finishing these bloom day posts on time. Even though I take photos for days ahead, the actual middle day of the month always seems to be a busy time. I should probably make it short and [...]

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