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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day

A rainy day – phew! Everything is happening so fast in the garden now; I feel like I don’t have time to look at the flowers, much less photograph and write about them. On Thursday, we finally got a...

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Wildflower Week: Monday

I debated whether to include wildflowers in my last post for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, and decided against. Around Tangled Branches South the wildflowers do just fine without the aid of a gardener...

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Wildflower Week: Tuesday: Azaleas

Rhododendron periclymenoides aka Pinxterbloom Rhododendron periclymenoides or Pinxterbloom? Neither one is a very attractive name if you ask me. All azaleas belong to the genus Rhododendron, and...

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Wildflower Wednesday: Wild?

Coral Honeysuckle What exactly is a wildflower? I think everyone has his own definition, but mine is any plant with attractive flowers which grows and blooms without horticultural efforts. On the other...

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Wildflower of the Week: Deerberry

Blueberries & Associates Parts of the woods at Tangled Branches South are carpeted with blueberries (Vaccinium sp.). Or they may be huckleberries (Gaylussacia sp.). I haven’t made a serious attempt...

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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day

….:::: Dianthus Edition ::::…. It’s the 15th of the month again and time for garden bloggers to show off what’s blooming in their gardens via Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, a internet event created and...

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Mountain Laurel

Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) The Mountain Laurel is once again in bloom. Last year it had very few flowers and I was afraid it might not come back.  Not to worry, that plant has been there a long...

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Wildflower Wednesday + 1

Oops, Wildflower Wednesday slipped right past me and I really didn’t want to miss it because the meadow is beautiful this time of year. The meadow is really just a field that we mow once a year –...

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Riverbend Park Wildflowers

Go there today! Virginia Bluebells and Paw Paw flowers The Virginia Bluebells are at peak bloom along the Potomac River in Riverbend Park. Maybe even a little past peak. In almost 26 years of living in...

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December Blooms: Witch Hazel

Along the Saunders-Monticello Trail yesterday, several witch-hazel trees were in full flower and this one in particular was glowing in the late afternoon sunlight. A bit of natural cheer during the...

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