My first visit to Bellevue Botanical Garden this week.

Purple Dutch irises at the perennial path

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Who doesn’t like pansies?

Dark purple pansies, with yellow and black centers

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A couple of days ago, the two columnar apple trees near my patio looked like this, not quite blooming. Wonder what two warm and sunny days will do?

Bluebells and forget-me-nots, a pruned grapevine, and two columnar apple trees almost in bloom. Scallions (green onions) blooming at lower left, and a multi-graft plum tree in the distance.

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Tulips naturalize if conditions are just right. They don’t like any water in the summers. But bluebells bloom anywhere, and just at the same time. Good combo, yes?

Yellow, orange and red tulip with bluebells

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Rain is back, but at least it’s light out later.

Raindrops on nodding pansy petals in a blue planter

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Can you see the mallard ducks in front of the Bromeliad House at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory?

A mallard duck pair in the spring flowers in front of the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle

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Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory has such showy coleus plants, looking so much like flowers.

Frilly purple and chartreuse veined coleus leaves, with cineraria in the background

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Spring is bursting forth, and the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle has their game on. Bonus photo below.

A bit of blue sky makes the daffodil plantings look even better

Tiny true flower peeks out from mauve hydrangea blossom

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These lavender plants were blooming in my garden in mid-June last year. Their scent is heaven to me.

Lavender flowers catching a ray of sunshine in the garden, with pink lavender in the background

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It seems like the cold and rainy weather in Seattle will go on forever. But it won’t.

A shaft of late afternoon sun illuminated roses and lavender in my front yard in June

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The same talented friend with the flowery deck (see 2 posts just below) also quilts. If only one photo is showing, click on Sara’s Fave Photos Blog above to see a few more.

Crazy quilt colorfully decorates a bed with black wrought iron

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Another view of my friend Cindy’s deck in August. How did yours look?

Colorful August floral display in the Pacific Northwest

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