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blooming this week

April 12, 2008

THE GARDEN HAS AWAKENED, and I thought you might want to meet the early risers. Somebody new’s showing up every day now (almost every hour). Enjoy.

: Yellow hellebore, red throat

: Cornus mas

: Daphne mezereum

: Dark Helleborus orientalis

: First Narcissus of ’08

: Helleborus foetidus

: Petasites japonicus

: Pulmonaria rubra

: Helleborus orientalis hybrid

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Tarky7 says:

April 12, 2008 at 6:25 pm

Wow ! I love this mini gallery. Very cool ! I am so looking forward to visiting your fabulous new site as the season begins ! It is so great to have Margaret Roach online with her new blog. Go Team !
margaret says:

April 12, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Dear Tarky7,
Welcome to A Way to Garden. Glad you like the gallery, the first of many to come.
Margaret
GardenGuy says:

April 12, 2008 at 8:09 pm

Excellent gallery! It’s so exciting to see the gardens come alive (finally!)after the long, cold winter. It’s amamzing to see all that is blooming in your garden already. I’m thrilled with some of the Narcissus in my garden just now opening up. As I look out and see the blooms, I know the rest will soon follow.
Margaret, I hope you are feeling the appreciation we have for YOU and for your blog… it’s wonderful to have an old friend (so it seemed) back again! Please don’t do that retirement / disappearing act again!
Elaine says:

April 14, 2008 at 5:25 pm

Hi, Margaret. Thank you so much for posting your photo gallery. My list of plants is growing since I found your blog!
lpooljim says:

April 14, 2008 at 6:46 pm

Hi Margaret and all,

Here’s a link to the George Eastman House and what’s in bloom: blog.eastmanhouse.org.

Its a month away from Lilac fest in Rochester NY.

Have a great week,

Jim

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