These darling checkered tulips (not really, but that’s what they’re sometimes called) were enjoying a beam of sunlight at the recent NW Flower & Garden Show in Seattle, WA. #NWFGS

Fritillaria, or checkered tulip, can be seen in antique still-life paintings, and is easily grown in Pacific NW

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Some kind of pretty flowering kalanchoe at the NW Flower & Garden show in Seattle last week.

Pretty magenta pink kalanchoe flowers

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The theme of Seattle’s NW Flower & Garden show seems to be edibles, even in the lobby bouquets.

Artichokes, pussy willow, sedums and protea blossoms #NWFGS

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Aren’t these luscious? Blooming right now at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Delicate pink begonias with yellow centered, with water droplets

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Blooming at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, Strongylodon macrobotrys, or jade vine. The spent flowers fall still looking perfect, but unreal. Below the three fallen flowers is the plant as it grows. Isn’t that color like nothing you’ve ever seen? So graceful. LATER NOTE: This plant is blooming for the first time in 20 years!

Fallen blossoms of the jade vine blooming at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle

The jade vine, in bloom

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Helebore blossoms look so pretty floating in a bowl.

Close up of hellebore flowers from my garden

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The NW Flower & Garden Show starts next week in Seattle. Even though the theatrical lighting can be very challenging for floral photography, there are still so many flower photo opportunities.

Simple orange tulips at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show in Seattle

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Valentine’s Day was yesterday.

Pink roses in a bouquet with baby’s breath

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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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The NW Flower & Garden Show here in Seattle doesn’t start for a couple of weeks yet, but my archives have bouquets to whet our appetite.

Lavender roses and other florals in this stunner of a bouquet at the 2013 NWFGS

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