Charming Itoh peony is asleep at night and awake during the day. #GardensHour 🌱

It's actually early for northern California too! We had a freak heatwave in March that seems to have sped everything up.

April arrives with our first peony bloom. #GardensHour 🌱

It's only the end of March and my roses and peonies are ready to pop! Early but obviously welcome. #GardensHour 🌱

Not very original, but easy on an old lady's back. Wine barrels come in handy, too. #GardensHour 🌱

An unseasonably spring here in Northern California has invited some early blooms. For example, my Souvenir de la Malmaison. #GardensHour 🌱

@gardenshour.bsky.social Tulips in a nearby vineyard! Also lots of leaves and buds emerging in my garden. One word: anticipation. #GardensHour 🌱

@gardenshour.bsky.social Still enjoying azaleas and snow drops and looking forward to peonies! #GardensHour 🌱

Early bloom on my Martha Gonzales. She's a trooper! #GardensHour 🌱

She came in through the bathroom window… beautiful pink camellia blooms! #GardensHour 🌱

It's not time for them yet, but because our house is near a creek, every spring we "make way for ducklings." 🌱 #GardensHour

This January we welcomed snowdrops and hellebores to the garden. #GardensHour 🌱

Help! Alien Lizard People Are Abducting Humans! Could anyone truly human laugh as they chase terrified students down the street? As they follow zip-tied women into porta-potties?

Great op-ed by Johnny Townsend!
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Not much going on outdoors. But indoors there's the promise of a new bloom on my phalaenopsis! #GardensHour 🌱

LDS Church Claims Growth — Data Says Otherwise YouTube video by Mormon Discussion Inc.

Check out Chanson's interview on Mormon Discussions! Then go nominate your favorites for a Brodie award.
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Here are more camellias dressed up in holiday white. Hope this shows up for the final #GardensHour! Sorry about technical difficulties. Happy holidays! 🌱

Camellia all dressed up in holiday white. 🌱 #GardensHour

We're minimalists when it comes to holiday decor. However, I did add some berries to our front porch wreath. Also a certain garden denizen dresses up for us every year. Happy and merry! 🌱 #GardensHour

Lovely!

Lots of rain and fall rose blooms in my neck of the woods this week. 🌱 #GardensHour

Ours is not a spa bath. But these houseplants do contribute an air of tranquility. 🌱 #GardensHour

Ten years on. Has anything changed?
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Looking forward to fall lettuces! 🌱 #GardensHour

Yes. California. :)

One of this year's final blooms on my "Just Joey" rose and pomegranates from a neighbor's tree. 🌱 #GardensHour

Wine country hacks: grapevine clippings reused as plant stakes and half-barrels as planters. In other news, it's a glorious fall day in my garden! 🌱 #GardensHour

Fall blooms on Souvenir de la Malmaison and Oklahoma roses. 🌱 #GardensHour

Sasanqua camelia is blooming! #GardensHour 🌱

No bulbs. But this is the last of my hydrangeas. Still gorgeous. 🌱 #GardensHour

Last gasps of pink on my hydrangea and coral zinnia. #GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour 🌱