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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