Flowering plants beside a concrete pathway.

A single old-fashioned pink rose.

In front of a large shrub, blooms of lavender catmint and red salvia.

An olive green wall stands behind spires of pink and white foxglove flowers.

In bloom in the garden today
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View of a garden, with shrubs, grasses, ground cover plants, a young tree with a green watering bag, and part of a stone path in the foreground. In the background there are more trees, a low stone wall, and a blue patio umbrella.

A different view of the garden. From left to right, there are tall green shrubs, a stone path, and green and yellow plants. In the background the top of a tan house is visible under a bit of blue sky.

View of a different part of the garden, with trees, shrubs with white flowers, and soil covered with mulch on the left. On the right is a bit of concrete pathway and several hardy geraniums with violet flowers. In the background, more trees and shrubs, a metal arbor, and a blue patio umbrella.

In the upper left corner a piece of dark green latticework stands behind two different shrubs which are in the center of the image. One is a bright spring green, the other is green with white. In the lower left corner a bit of yellow ground cover is visible. In the lower right corner is a stone path.

Bits of the back garden, end of May.
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One fat round bud in a mass of green foliage. The bud is opening so you can see the white of the coming peony flower.

Any day now.

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Large bush with reddish leaves above and under planting of bright green. The bush is a cotinus, or smoke bush.

Shrub with purple flowers, above dark green foliage. This is a ceanothus bush, commonly known as California lilac.

Purple globe flower of an allium, aka ornamental onion

Shrub with small pinkish violet flowers, with green leaves peaking through. I’m not sure what this is but it smelled like lilac.

It’s all shades of purple on my walks lately.
- purple smoke bush (cotinus)
- California lilac (ceanothus)
- globe allium
- Lilac (syringa)

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Carpet of pink cherry blossom petals on a sidewalk and nearby grass

After the rain.
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Close up of a pink tulip magnolia blossom.

Young tulip magnolia tree in a circle of soil and green grass. Behind the tree is an evergreen tree and the side of a building.

Pink Tulip magnolia on E. Roanoke Street, Seattle
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Close up of a tree branch and a cluster of cherry blossoms. The blossoms are a very very pale pink.

View looking up a residential neighborhood street. To the left, a star magnolia tree with white blooms; to the right, an ornamental cherry tree with pale pink blooms. Also visible is a green lawn, sidewalk, and a green house.

Bright pink blossoms on a weeping cherry tree. Behind the blossoms there is a green lawn, a taupe-colored house, and a large evergreen tree.

Weeping cherry tree with white blossoms. Behind the tree there is a Little Free Library box, painted yellow with red trim.

Cherry blossom weeks have reached my block.
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Flowing water feature with hazy blue sky in back, grass and people sitting on low stone fixtures in front.

Cal Anderson Park was full of sun seekers this afternoon.
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Cherry blossoms on branches of an old tree, in front of a white house

Turquoise garden bench next to a grey house. Flowering shrubs are clustered in front of and beside the bench.

A branch of deep pink flowers on a flowering currant branch. Behind the branch are branches of other plants that are still bare.

Pink and white ranuculus flowers surrounded by fresh green foliage.

There are starting to be flowers everywhere I go.
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