Some people say cle-MA-tis, and some people say CLEM-uh-tis. They are all beautiful. My gardener friend Sherry (see hostas below) has a simple pink clematis draping over her fence that is pretty darn wonderful.

Pink clematis with yellow centers along a fence

Macro view of clematis vine with pink flowers and yellow centers

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I have a friend who is an amazing gardener and this is what her shaded back deck looks like this week.

Many different hosta plants in containers on a Seattle deck

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Here’s another new notecard, a display of purple hyacinths at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle. All ten notecard images are from my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

Deep purple hyacinths bloom at the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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This is in my backyard.

Pink dogwood tree in full bloom, with red rhododendrons in the foreground

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These delicate fuschia flowers are from Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, and one of the ten images in my new line of Notecards. All the images on the notecards are from my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

‘Mrs. Lovell Swisher’ fuschia flowers

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From my trip to Florida not long ago, on a visit to the Bonnet House and gardens.

Rustic thatched roof on a covered bridge

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Here’s another new notecard, a spray of unusual phalaenopsis orchids. All ten notecard images are from my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

Red and magenta orchids with yellow edges and spots at the Volunteer Park Conservatory

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Went to see the renovated Seahurst Park in Burien, WA. This forest scene image doesn’t show the new beach they put in, but you don’t see ferns growing on trees everywhere.

Moss and ferns in a springtime woodland scene in the Pacific Northwest

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Here’s another notecard image. I love this one so much I used it on the cover of my book, “Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory.”

Angel’s Trumpet, or Brugmansia. The buds are yellow, the flowers pink. This is the Ecuador Pink variety.

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Yesterday the apple trees began to bloom. I hope there are still apple flowers blooming when the rain stops next week.

Pink and white apple blossoms

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