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Published Wednesday, November 29, 2017, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Pink bromeliad flower

These are some of the showiest flowers anywhere! This one is blooming now at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle.

Spiky red, pink and purple bromeliad flower

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Published Saturday, November 18, 2017, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Hydrangea flowers

From the archives, a July garden tour of a fabulous hydrangea collection in Federal Way, WA.

Hydrangea blossoms with purple petals and light yellow centers

Unusual hydrangea with dark magenta petals with white border

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Published Wednesday, August 16, 2017, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Back-lit hollyhocks

Aren’t these unusual hollyhocks pretty? Of course, the gardeners at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle know what they are doing.

Pink and red hollyhocks at dusk in the Conservatory, under the whitewashed glass

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Published Sunday, July 16, 2017, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Day lily against the sky

Day lilies decorate our blue July sky.

Burgundy hemerocallis (daylily or day lily) against a clear blue sky

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Published Sunday, June 25, 2017, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Rose garden

In front of my house, the rose garden is in its first flush. The red rose is ‘Proud Land’ and the lavender plants are blooming well nearby.

The roses of early summertime.

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Published Thursday, May 11, 2017, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Lilacs in the rain

I do love lilacs. They look good even in this wettest year ever in Seattle.

Double lilacs macro in a very, very wet Seattle spring.

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Published Friday, March 17, 2017, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Almost spring

Seattle’s weather has been colder and wetter than normal. Here is a plum tree in my back yard, trying so hard to bloom, taken on a rare break in the rain.

Plum blossom buds, waiting for sun and warmth

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Published Wednesday, February 8, 2017, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Rainbow bouquet

Another brilliant bouquet (detail) from a previous Northwest Flower & Garden Show (NWFGS), held every February in Seattle, Washington. I can’t wait for this year’s!

Intensely colored rainbow of flowers in magnificent bouquet at NWFGS in 2013.

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Published Thursday, September 29, 2016, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Pink Japanese anemone

At the local garden club district meeting recently, garden flowers (horticulture) were on display.

Simple and dramatic, this late summer flower is a delight to flower lovers

Simple and dramatic, this late-summer Japanese anemone is easy to grow in shade

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Published Monday, August 29, 2016, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

White Japanese anemones

In a friend’s garden, magnificent and simple Japanese anemones. And a bonus shot!

Brilliant yellow-orange centers on ruffly white petals make this a late-summer favorite in the garden

Brilliant yellow-orange centers on ruffly white petals make this a late-summer favorite

Flower buds emerging from back of Japanese anemone flower

Flower buds emerging from the back of a Japanese anemone flower

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