The bleeding heart (decentra) begins to bloom in my garden.

Pink and white bleeding heart flowers start to bloom

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A scene at the Flamingo Gardens in Florida.

Statue of the Buddha holding cactus and a frangipani blossom

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In South Florida at the Bonnet House in Ft. Lauderdale, a supremely yellow house.

At the Bonnet House and Gardens, a yellow house with bright yellow trim and a staircase outside.

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The Northwest Flower & Garden Show has ended but the photos of flowers live on. Here are two beauties: a bookcase full of bouquets and a ravishing and exotic protea bloom below. Be sure to scroll down a few photos for several more I posted last week from last year’s show, or just put NWFGS in the search box at right.

Several bouquets in pale tones and shades of turquoise decorate a bookcase at the NWFGS

Thrilling and otherworldly protea blossom in a bouquet at the NWFGS

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If you ever get to South Florida, visiting the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a must. Here a young woman gets ready to celebrate her Quinceañera.

Girl in pink dress poses on steps at Vizcaya in Florida

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We visited the Bonnet House in Ft. Lauderdale. Here is a door that fascinated me.

Two shades of yellow adorn this building in Florida

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Hellebores are so welcome in winter. Their simplicity is so lovely, even from the back.

White hellebore with a slight blush of pink blooms in Seattle in late January

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I need sun! April and tulips, I can’t wait!

Many colors of tulips in a display bed, in bright sun

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Blooming today outside the Seattle Design Center:

Simple white hellebore with a yellow center blooms in January in Seattle

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Winter is definitely still here in Seattle, but the bulbs are getting ready.

Green shoots of bulbs poke out of the soil in the Pacific Northwest in January

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