As many of you know, I am in love with the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle, and even did a book about it not that long ago. I am so proud to say I’ve been invited to serve on its Board of Directors. The photo below was taken today in the Conservatory at the Annual Meeting of its support organization, the Friends of the Conservatory, where my new status was made official. I’m so excited! What a wonderful place, enjoyed by so many people.

Colorful spring flowers, inside and out, at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle

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Blooming at the nursery, one of the new hybrid hellebores. I know just the spot to put it!

Double, frilly hellebore in shades of green and cream

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I have an indoor gardening success. Not only did my red amaryllis rebloom, this year it pushed up a second flower (on a much shorter stem) after the first one faded! I was flabbergasted.

Second flower after first bloom on red amaryllis bulb

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My dear cousin went to Hawaii (and got engaged there!) and has given me permission to share a few scenic photos she took there.

Turquoise water and lava rocks at the Hawaiian shore

Split leaf philodendrons in the wild, with rain-shined leaves

Rainy Hawaiian path through a mass of split leaf philodendrons

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I sure would like to post something from the outdoors, but it is STILL raining. These tiny lilies of the valley (lily-of-the-valleys?) were at the recent NW Flower & Garden Show in Seattle.

Pretty little fragrant white bells bloom in February indoors at the NWFGS

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A few years ago I visited the Conservatory in San Francisco, California, at just this time of year. They had an intensely fragrant orange tree that was blooming and fruiting at the same time.

San Francisco’s Conservatory displays an orange tree in bloom, with fruit

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Another photo of those frilly tulips decorating my kitchen, and a special bonus photo of a mauve pansy macro. The ones with the faces are my favorites. I get to be Guest Friend at Today’s Flowers this weekend, so be sure to pay them a visit for some great flower photos from around the world.

Red parrot tulips with white fringed edges

Lavender, pink and purple pansy with black markings, close up

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These lush, tropical brugmansia flowers bloom for long periods and can survive as houseplants in the Seattle area if taken indoors when it gets cold. I love their heavenly shapes and fragrance (they are also called Angels Trumpet) and used this image for the cover of my book. The swirly buds start out yellow and become peachy pink as they mature.

This image is available as a signed print for your home or office, one of the 15 best images from my book, Flowers of Volunteer Park Conservatory: Blooming Month by Month. Prints have no watermarks, of course. All are 8″ x 10″ archival-quality photo prints, beautifully matted in white to 11 x 14″. Shop here or by clicking on the Prints tab above.

‘Ecuador Pink’ brugmansia at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle, available as a print

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This year my sweetie got me these pretty white-edged red parrot tulips that I can put in the garden for next year.

Red parrot tulips with fringed white edges bloom on my kitchen table

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These teensy yellow flowers bloom on my south window every January and February. So welcome! And since they are succulents, they certainly tolerate my forgetting to water them very well. I appreciate that, too.

Gourd-shaped little stems give hatiora the common name of Drunkard’s Dream

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