Blooms In Full Glory

Early April has brought the Ribes sanguineum – red flowering currant – into full bloom. Its fruity, spicy fragrance is impossible to resist, and hummingbirds have flocked to these bushes. Other areas of Coppertop where perennials stand out during this Holy Week leading up to Easter are the Euphorbia, Brunnera, and Pulmonaria. Coinciding with Good…

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April 3, 2015

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Early April has brought the Ribes sanguineum – red flowering currant – into full bloom. Its fruity, spicy fragrance is impossible to resist, and hummingbirds have flocked to these bushes.

Other areas of Coppertop where perennials stand out during this Holy Week leading up to Easter are the Euphorbia, Brunnera, and Pulmonaria.

Coinciding with Good Friday and the remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ, today I noticed varieties of bleeding hearts, or Dicentra, have begun to bloom.

4 responses to “Blooms In Full Glory”

Cynthia Reyes

April 8, 2015 at 9:09 am

Wow. full glory indeed. what beautiful sights. Hope your Easter was lovely.

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  April 10, 2015 at 7:33 am
  
  It was lovely, Cynthia. Hope yours was as well! I’ll enjoy watching the progress of your blooms.
  
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mattb325

April 8, 2015 at 11:40 pm

Your garden is looking lovely – we grow very similar plants – I have the flowering currant, pulmonaria and dicentra in my yard as well 🙂

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1. March Picker
  
  April 10, 2015 at 7:35 am
  
  Thanks, Matt. Funny that these early spring blooms coincide with your first signs of fall, which I enjoy watching from “up here.”
  
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