Pink and white species tulips standing tall 2 days after being flattened by a frost.

🌱Wow, it’s like the frost never happened!

That’s magnificent!

Pink and white striped tulips leaning over from last night’s frost, but still blooming!

Pink and white striped tulips leaning over from last night’s frost, but still blooming surrounding one purple anemone.

Species tulips were revived by the sun.

Jacob’s Ladder lavender blue flowers are head down right now, hopefully the sun will revive them.

Violets waiting for the sun to melt the frost.

Species tulips look actually frozen solid, we shall see.

🌱 Freezy morning!

The detail is exquisite. What a moment you found!

The river of Prairie Smoke! 🙌

Tiny white pendulums of sweet grass in flower, surrounded by strappy green leaves.

Unfolding pale green spirals of the Christmas Fern emerging from brown leaf litter.

Hurray! Maidenhair fern sending up tall red-brown stalks topped with ball shaped curled leaves.

Sunny yellow Wood Poppy shining above a green leaf cover.

🌱 Native gardens are making magic!

Success, well done!

Gorgeous!

Wow! Wish that were the understory for more trees in yards and parkways too!

Delicate white serviceberry blossoms dotted with rain, against brown wood chips.

Closeup of white serviceberry blossoms.

🌱 Serviceberry just opened this evening. ❤️

Brilliant!

Brush-like yellow flowers standing above fresh green sedge and old brown leaves.

🌱 Pennsylvania Sedge in bloom

🌱!!

Great idea!

Your dog is adorable too! Rescuing a senior is just wonderful as well.

Thank
you!

Fuchsia and yellow species tulips.

Tiny light lavender colored Hepatica.

Light purple Anemone.

Virginia Bluebell in bud… come on, buddy!!

🌱Saw a dragonfly and 2 bumblebees scoping out the menu offerings today.

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Wow, just wow, that’s an amazing number and variety of flowers and veggies. You must use every millimeter of your yard!

Looks like planning but nor planting season for you, right? I’m outside of Chicago, no snow left but down to the high 20’s tonight, hopefully not too many casualties.

Small dog looking pensive. Not.

🌱 This one keeps trying to catch and eat the emerging bees. They are not so good at flying rn so she is staying inside for a bit, till the clouds take over again.

Pup who would MUCH rather be outside all. the. time. Ageed!

Hopefully still early enough, right? Fall is warmer longer which is terrifying but helpful for later starts. Sending good vibes from fellow gardener who learns from and enjoys all your posts.

Jacob’s Ladder working on flower buds! Red stemmed shoots with oval green leaves topped with pointy buds, just showing purple at the edge.

🌱Up next in natives…. Jacob’s Ladder. Excited about this because the plants have been growing well but this is the first year for lots of
flowers.

wow!!!

Anenomes just about to bloom, light ink and purple buds held above light green divided leaves.

Native tulips showing bright pink peeking out of green bulbs. Waiting for the sun!

🌱 Promises promises

A stop-you-in-your-tracks blossom, well done!

Rain garden full of runoff from roof.

🌱 Lots more rain coming today… I think I am going to enlarge this rain garden to capture as much as I can from the downpours. We are more often getting rain in heavy bursts with large amounts in a few hours or a day. Not so many gentle all-day rains.

Ready!

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