I love flowers that bloom in wintertime. The weather is still very cold and gray in the Seattle area, but the hellebores are being beautiful for us, already.

Purple speckled hellebore with white center

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From the other side of the year, some peonies on a black glass table, from my garden.

Pink and white peonies and a round bud in a bouquet.

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Here’s a white Easter Lily for you, courtesy of Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory. Have a wonderful day!

Single white Easter Lily blooming in the Volunteer Park Conservatory this week

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That bud from the single bulb in water that I bought from Trader Joe is still making me very happy.

Second stem of a blue/purple hyacinth opens from a single bulb forced in water

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At the local garden club district meeting recently, garden flowers (horticulture) were on display.

Simple and dramatic, this late-summer Japanese anemone is easy to grow in shade

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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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