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Native pink trillium, aka wake-robin, presumably named such because they bloom in spring when the robins are warbling like mad? ‘Wake-robin’ is just a great name for a flower. 

Lily-of-the-valley getting ready to bloom — quick reminder to locals that I’m planning on replacing most of mine with native ground cover, so if you want to come dig up a few for a Mother’s Day gift, please feel free.

So, I ordered a bunch of native plants on Etsy, and they were WAY cheaper than they are in stores around here. They came as chunks of root, essentially. It only occurred to me after I ordered to worry about why they were so cheap — is it possible they’re being illegally harvested from woodlands?

SUCH a flirt. SU

Shooting star (native) — these little ones are new in my garden, and so pretty. With wild ginger (native) behind.

Dwarf rhododendron and azalea, with allium buds.

Columbine buds. It’s almost columbine time. 

Fothergilla. Love the geometry of this, and the light catching the blooms.

First iris.