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Galega x hartlandii 'Lady Wilson'  On Monday, our garden was included in the HPSO Study Weekend. This is a four-day event that includes speakers, plant/art sales and garden tours. The event rotates every two years between the cities of Portland, Seattle, Victoria B.C. and Vancouver B.C.  It will be 2033 before Portland hosts again. I toured the Portland gardens on Friday and Saturday and will share some photos in my next post. The weather was perfect on those days. Not so much on Monday, the day for the Vancouver, Washington gardens tour, and by late afternoon, the temperature had reached 94. However, it wasn't too bad in the first part of the day, and that's when we received the most visitors. We didn't have an exact count, but making an estimate based on our guestbook, I would say around 200 people. It was a hectic but fun day! We had a lot of visitors from Seattle and areas north of us as attendees were making their way home. Every time we open our garden, there ...

Early Flowers

Crocus

Cyclamen coum


Hellebore 'Merlin'



Snowdrop


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. Our"early flowers" are very different but I suspect the job we find in them is similar :)

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  2. The first signs of Spring :). I love the yellow crocus, so bright in February.

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  3. Beautiful leaves on the Cyclamen coum. So exciting to see the beginnings of Spring

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  4. Lovely, all of them, especially the photo of the Snow Drop. The foliage of the Cyclamen is also striking.

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