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April Blooms

April 2020

April 2016

Jupiter's Beard, Japanese Snowball Bush & Small Greenhouse

Mexican Flowering Dogwood

April 2015

Clematis

White Blackberry

April 2014

Calendula

April 2010

Azalea against Memorial Garden trellis

Dogwood & Maple

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Lily-of-the-valley shrub. (Pieris japonica’Fores

Lily-of-the-valley shrub. (Pieris japonica’Forest Flame’. ) Putting on a nice display in front of the Carriage House.
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Happy Birthday, Luther Burbank!

Happy Birthday, Luther Burbank!

Thank you, @starkbros , for the birthday bouquet!

Thank you, @starkbros , for the birthday bouquet! Luther would have appreciated the friendly gesture.
Luther Burbank and Stark Brothers had a long and prosperous association.

The ‘Santa Rosa’ plum we planted last year to

The ‘Santa Rosa’ plum we planted last year to celebrate Luther’s birthday is in full bloom right now.
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Spring daffodils ring the pansies in the winter ki

Spring daffodils ring the pansies in the winter kitchen garden. We’re enjoying the warm sunny weather of the (hopefully) False Spring and looking forward to a (hopefully) wet March.
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Luther inspecting a magnolia blossom. Based on the

Luther inspecting a magnolia blossom. Based on the house in the background, this tree is in approximately the same location as our (currently blooming) magnolia.
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Botanical illustration of our magnolia tree by art

Botanical illustration of our magnolia tree by artist and Volunteer Gardener Amber Turner.
Amber is teaching a free, one-session pencil sketching class Sat, March 28. Eye Spy a Tree : a Celebration of Spring. Limited enrollment, registration required. More info on our website.
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The Carriage House, photo taken between 1905 and 1

The Carriage House, photo taken between 1905 and 1920.
We just had the floor refinished, so in the last two weeks we have emptied and restored this space. Glad we didn’t have to deal with all of this!

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Camellia - another early spring bloomer. #garden

Camellia - another early spring bloomer.
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Tulip magnolia tree. First bloomer this Spring. #

Tulip magnolia tree. First bloomer this Spring.
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Thornless blackberry. Photo probably taken in 1915

Thornless blackberry. Photo probably taken in 1915. One of Luther’s improvements that got a lot of press attention.
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The Brassica bed - a widely diverse collection of

The Brassica bed - a widely diverse collection of plants descended from a single ancestor. Luther experimented with them early in his career but found their habit of natural variations made it too hard to “fix” any improvements.
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