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Autumn Leaves

'Dancing Peacock' Someone needs to write a song... :) With an atmospheric river and 30 mph winds predicted this past weekend, I was afraid the ginkgo, which had just started to turn color, would be stripped.  We were lucky though and it remains intact. Gingko 'Princeton Sentry' After the storm... The Black Tupelo (Nyssa slyvatica) changes color from the inside out - The above photo was taken last week. Here it is today - 'Wolf Eyes' Dogwood (Cornus kousa) has never had such pink color - Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea', Crape Myrtle 'Dynamite' ( Lagerstroemia ), and Persian Ironwood ( Parrotia persica ) - Japanese Maple 'Beni Hime' - Serviceberry 'Autumn Brilliance' ( Amelanchier ) with tree peonies - Stewartia pyschocamellia starts the color show early. It has since faded to a much softer color - Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

First daffodil

I saw the first daffodil of the year today -

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  1. Oh how wonderful. It looks like a pretty one too, with that dark center. Soon for us, soon.

    Frances at Faire Garden

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  2. Wow!! I am jealous!! I did see the crocus sticking it's head out of the ground this weekend here. But with the tempatures in the low teens every morning it will take them a while to come out. Thanks for sharing and reminding me what spring looks like.

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  3. I am jealous, but I think mine are about two weeks from blooming.. I can't wait. I have spring fever bad!!!

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  4. Ours are only about a half inch out of the ground at this point. Ihope we are done with the really cold weather at this point.

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  5. Daffodils are my favorite, Phillip. That's a pretty one, too. Are you having an early spring there ?

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  6. Wow! Must be great to be in Alabama! It'll be weeks before daffodils in Ohio!

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  7. Your Florence garden is way ahead of my Lexington, KY. garden. All I have right now are Eranthis hymalis, Snowdrops, and Bear Claw Helebores. I envy you your longer growing season.

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