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Saturday walk-around

Apologies for the sparse posting lately. Life has been hectic. Here are some images from a quick walkaround on Saturday morning.

Heuchera flowers.
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Clematis
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Pulling back, lots more purple with the clematis: Hosta, Astilbe
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South bed: Echiinacea, Daucus, geraniums, amorphophallus, coleus.
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Same bed, opposite angle.
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Aloe flowering. First time that’s happened to me. Guess it will die and the pups will take over in that pot?
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Closer …
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Paeonia tenuifolia blooms twice.
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Rescued Pepperomia.
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Another painted allium

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Another painted allium. Should have a video on this ready soon.

Some more bulb stuff worth checking out (cross posted from The Bulb Project):

Watch a landscape evolve before your eyes – online – The Christian Science Monitor reports on the new Seasonal Walk Chronicles website that tracks the new installation at the New York Botanical Garden designed by landscape surperstars Piet Oudolf and Jacqueline van der Kloet that combines flower bulbs and naturalistic styling. You can read more about van der Kloet’s style in the Aug. 5 New York Times: Dutch Designer Liberates Bulbs From Mass Plantings (free registration required).