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Rhododendron Loderi, Venus, big, beautiful, and delicately fragrant. The fence is six feet for an idea of the size.
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The ornamental crab apple blooms a day or two later than the Gravenstein, extending apple blossom season.
The only problem with apple blossoms is they don’t last. A good reason for a photo garden journal, but pics don’t capture the lovely scent.
Tulipa Blue Diamond, no it’s not blue! But I love the color. It echoes the Porter’s Red Erica.
Needs more tulips and more narcissus!
The Erythronium dens-canis needs dividing. The pink ones are getting even more crowded. Lifting replanting them in the fall is the sensible solution. Alas, the dog-tooth violets shed their leaves in summer and disappear until the following Spring when there are even fewer of them…
Camellia Donation
