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Florabration 4/6/26

Florabration 4/6/26

Consider the corner turned.  Spring is in bloom, we are dancing with the daffodils and tiptoeing through the tulips.  How inspired is this arrangement of rhubarb and ranunculus?  Miss Rhubarb - look at you.  Stepping into the chorus line, center stage across the table - instead of a Pyrex into the oven.  Hat's off, girlie!

This is the moment when everything starts to show off a little bit.  Nature's own version of  fireworks.  

I love hearing what's doing in everyone's garden, and noticing how far apart we all are.  Here's what's going on in mine, in Alexandria Virginia (zone 7):  a second wave of daffodils,  lilacs just opening, mid season tulips and Carolina jasmine in bloom.  Camellias have faded as the dogwoods begin to pop.    The azalea buds sit with lips pursed, about to burst into a technicolor wave of pink.   READ MORE

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