| | Repeat-blooming bearded iris, possibly 'Eleanor Roosevelt' |
| | | The appropriately named "longspur columbine" |
| | | Repeat-blooming miniature bearded iris 'violet charm' |
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| | Hybrid Perpetual rose 'Baronne Prévost' |
| | | Tulips, wallflowers & violas |
| | | These tulips have been here for years, and this year have done the best |
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| | | | Dwarf, repeat-blooming bearded iris |
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| | Tea rose 'Souvenir de Mme Léonie Viennot' |
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| | | Anchusa (Chinese forget-me-not) |
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| | | Ranunculus and other blooms |
| | | Miniature moss rose 'Goldmoss' (by local hybridizer Ralph Moore) |
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| | Bed of 'Salmon Shades' ranunculus. Never get tired of looking at them! |
| | | | Orange tulips that come back each year, not so great this year, though. |
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| | | | First of the corn poppy blooms, variety 'Mother of Pearl' (aka 'Fairy Wings') |
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| | Hybrid Perpetual rose 'Baron Girod de l'Ain' |
| | | Cornflower (batchelor buttons), with various delphiniums in the background. |
| | | Groundcover mimulus beginning to bloom. |
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| | | | Native wallflower, really more brilliant than the photo shows, and also fragrant |
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| | Dendromecon, this has unusually large blooms for the species. |
| | | An extravagant parrot tulip 'Texas flame' |
| | | Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica). Experiment to see if they survive the summer. |
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| | Tulips returning for the last several years. |
| | | Menzies Wallflower (Erysimum menziesii), fast becoming a favorite of mine. |
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| | First bloom on the Noisette Rose 'Mme Alfred Carrière' |
| | | Garden form of the native ceanothus (California lilac) |
| | | Another form of ceanothus |
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| | This self-sown poppy came up in an area far removed from last year's poppies. |
| | | Poppies purchased this past fall. Seems their crown of pollen is not as full. |
| | | miniature moss rose 'Goldmoss' |
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| | | Another miniature bearded iris |
| | | Another miniature bearded iris, same as previous, but different plant |
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