I picked a bouquet of mostly red flowers today. ‘Double Delight’ rose, a very dark burgundy day lily, and a little ruby red ‘Lucifer’ crocosmia in my back yard, for you.

You can see the pollen on the day lily petals…

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‘Fragrant Cloud’ blooming in my garden.

Floribunda roses have many flowers on one main stem.

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There was a special music event, Lush Sounds Vol. I, at the Volunteer Park Conservatory last evening. Magical outside and inside!

Sunlight peeking through the Bromeliad House at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory

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A delightful nursery, new to me, in Issaquah, WA. Don’t we all need more hanging baskets?

Just a few of the hanging baskets at Squak Mountain nursery

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At the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle, some very unusual foxgloves blooming in the Seasonal House now.

Not your average garden foxgloves (digitalis)

Bonus image!

Butter yellow foxgloves and pale pink astilbe flowers at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle, WA

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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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Oh the joy, two new rosebushes for an anniversary gift. This beauty is ‘Julia Child,’ named in homage to the queen of butter.

Butter yellow rose, as it should be, named after American icon Julia Child. And sweetly fragrant as well.

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The roses are getting started very nicely.

Blood red petals with a snow white outside of the petal make Snowfire rose a real standout

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A recent trip to PowellsWood garden in Federal Way, WA was a total delight.

Carefully tended, and so scenic! Springtime heaven.

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I’d heard about these black petunias and finally saw them in person. Truly black, surprisingly pretty, almost iridescent. I believe they call the variety Black Mamba.

Black Mamba petunias on my friend Cindy’s deck

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