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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day February 2012

Welcome to my blooms of the day, linked to the GBBD page at May Dreams Gardens, thanks to Carol.  On my deck, a wild geranium that self-sowed into a pot has leaves almost resembling flowers-
I was surprised to find some Hellebores that were open, always hard to photograph because of their tendency to weep-

A riot of lichens and moss on some apple trees in need of pruning-
Catkins in full bloom on some hazelnut trees-
The reliable winter bloom of heather Erica carnea-
The refreshing lemon burst of variegated  Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge', which is not phased at all by cold or snow-
And finally a tiny 1" indoor bloom on my Maxillaria tenuifolia-
Well, only a little more than a month left until spring, yippee!

Hannah

3 comments:

  1. OMG...those Geranium leaves are so pretty...I absolutely love them...do you know what the species is?

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  2. Scott- I'm not really sure which wild Geranium they are, I looked at the photos on my favorite native plant site and this seemed the closest, I see the middle leaf blade sticking straight up like these, but thought I remembered the blooms as darker and smaller-

    http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?&Genus=Circaea&Species=alpina

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  3. Oops, the browser did not refresh the name-

    http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?&Genus=Geranium&Species=columbinum

    Geranium columbinum

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