Blossom XLVI: Snowdrops and Iris
Iris histrioides ‘George’ is blooming today, the first Iris of spring.
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“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in-
-what more could he ask?
A few flowers at his feet
and above him the stars.”
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Victor Hugo
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Galanthus elwesii
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“Nobody sees a flower – really –
it is so small it takes time
– we haven’t time –
and to see takes time,
like to have a friend takes time.”
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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“If you want love to blossom in your heart,
just sit in the garden,
and watch the flowers grow.”
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Anthony T. Hincks
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“I must have flowers, always, and always.”
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Claude Monet
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Galanthus ‘Sam Arnott’ with Helleborus
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Woodland Gnome 2019
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“All the flowers of all the tomorrows
are in the seeds of today”
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Robin Craig Clark
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“Love speaks in flowers.
Truth requires thorns.”
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Leigh Bardugo
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Mahonia aquifolium
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Delightful!
Thank you , Eliza 😊
Hugo, okeeffe and money quotes (with some new ones too) well I was on close quote heaven for a minute – and each flower photo had an interest of its own….
Happy to brighten your afternoon 😊 You might enjoy visiting us this spring at the Williamsburg Botanical Garden. We planted 1000s of bulbs, just beginning to bloom 😊
Wow – i wire wood – I mean would – lol
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Hahaha