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Rhododendron buds. Bloom soon. Soon!

You already knew peonies were gorgeous, but did you know that peony leaves + bud were also gorgeous? Like a glorious pinwheel… #themoreyouknow!

One of my little prairie natives is getting to full size now. But I think that flower is still going to open to bloom, so let’s check back in a few days. The leaves are already lovely, though. Great white trillium.

I was trying to take a photo of the dark red early rose leaves (they’ll turn more green as the season goes on), but this little bug took over the photo. Oh well. Didn’t quite manage to get it in focus, though; there are limits to what I can do with my current phone camera,

Anyone know what this is? I think it just showed up on its own, and I’m not loving it, but would like to ID it before I just yank it.

I keep trying to squeeze fruit trees in where I’m not sure I really have room for them, but maybe if I keep pruning them assiduously, it’ll be okay. They’re hard to resist, between the gorgeous spring-blooming tiny flowers, and the promise of later tasty fruit. This is my new cherry, planted last fall. So

I think I’m going to dig up the fritillaria persica when it’s done blooming, and move it over into the parkway with the Thalia daffodils there. The contrast is super-cool, and persica is supposed to prefer hot, dry conditions. I think I made a mistake planting it in part-shade under a tree; I don’t actually

Fritillaria persica — Ellie accidentally snapped this one, so oh well, guess it had to come inside and be pretty in the kitchen. So dramatic. I can’t even with all the drama.