Deep purple new Mertensia virginica growth.

Today I managed to get a gigantic snag from a thorny rose in a sweatshirt specifically sold as “Snagstop” material while trying to take pictures of tiny emerging #NativePlants in my garden so I feel like I have unlocked a new level of #gardening hardcore. #GardenSoHard #FoliageAppreciation 🤣 🌱