Pink, or maybe mauve, this hydrangea close-up shows the pale, delicate flower centers. Blooming at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory right now.

Purply-pink hydrangea flowers, very close up

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The foxglove (digitalis) is blooming well this year. A little fertilizer doesn’t hurt, either.

Pretty spots decorate this close up of a foxglove flower in my shade garden

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Some sweet pansies in front of the entrance to Seattle’s hidden gem, the Volunteer Park Conservatory. Plant sale today until 3pm!

Purple and white pansies in front of the Conservatory’s iconic sign.

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Orchid cactus, epiphyllum, is super showy. This two-tone beauty is in the Volunteer Park Conservatory right now. Catch their GREAT plant sale on Saturday.

Brilliant magenta and red orchid cactus blooms in the Conservatory in Volunteer Park in Seattle.

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One of my favorite places in the whole world, the Conservatory at Volunteer Park in Seattle, WA.

Already with the glass panes whitewashed against the sun, the Conservatory in Volunteer Park is a gem

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At Soos Creek Garden in Auburn WA, the rhodies and azaleas are at their peak.

Close up of white rhododendron flowers, with a blush of pink

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Very vigorous, in my garden now.

Purple and white bearded iris blooming in the garden

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While Seattle’s viaduct elevated road is due to come down soon, we can still enjoy the views.

Ferry in Puget Sound heading out of Seattle, into dramatic sky vista and rain falling. Note blue sky in rearview mirror!

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Bleeding hearts are the darling of the shade garden. Little hearts!

Little heart-shaped flowers come back every year and love shade

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Both trees are five-grafts; the one on the left is has cherries and on the right, plums. We are looking at my yard towards my neighbors’, behind the fruit trees. Which version do you prefer? Happy Spring!

Two multi-graft fruit trees almost done flowering, in spring sunshine

Here they are in black and white. Which do you like better?

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