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Perhaps the most beautiful clematis of them all

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I grow several Clematis vines, but by far, the Daniel Deronda Clematis – the one that wouldn’t grow the first three years that I had it, is by far and large the most beautiful clematis that I grow and perhaps that I’ve ever set eyes on.

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This is not the best photo, but this was the first bloom and I just had to show you it’s lovely velvet like textured petals.

The petals feel thick and as I said they are very much like feeling velvet material. Most of the other clematis that I grow have very thin petals. This is quite an unusual and spectacular clematis.

I have a great photo that shows the texture of the petals over at my photoblog Breath of Life if you’d like to see that as well.

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Blooms everywhere

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It’s amazing how quickly the garden changes at this time of year isn’t it? Two weeks ago I still had some tulips – like this beauty peeking out from around another plant –

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Now that tulip is gone, but it’s been replaced by blooming peonies, columbines, hundreds of roses, geraniums and more … I can’t even think of all the names of the flowers that are currently blooming in my garden right now. It’s a delight to walk out there though and smell the fragrance of all those roses at once.

Other short bloomers that are mostly gone now are/were my Dover Blue German Iris:

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These German Iris’ are still blooming. I think the only reason they’re still around after our storms and heat waves are because they’ve chosen to grow up into one of my large rose bushes this year. I guess they are getting a little more shade and staying cooler so they’ve lasted longer than they usually do.

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Is your garden full of blooms too?

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Lovely pink hellebores and variegated tulips

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Believe it or not, up until a few days ago at least, my Hellebores were still blooming.

I guess that goes a long way towards explaining how cold our May was here in Toronto! It’s cold no longer though, we’re currently having a major heatwave with temperatures in the 30 to 33 Celsius range ( that’s in the 90’s F) plus we’ve got humidity on top of the heat so it feels even hotter.

I haven’t checked the hellebores since this heat started, but this is what they looked like only a few days ago:

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My tulips were also lovely in May. This one is called the Canada Tulip I believe due to it’s red and white coloring:

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This tulip even has a cool looking flower bud. You can visit my photoblog Breath of Life to see it’s variegated bud if you’d like to.

I hope that you had a great weekend and that your Monday is going well. My Green Thumb Sunday post is late due to an allergic reaction that I had on Saturday. You can read more about it over at As the Garden Grows if you’d like.

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Blue Gentian – just about ready to bloom

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My garden will soon be bursting with blooms like this lovely Blue Gentian. I was just saying on my other blog that many of my plants are developing buds, but few are flowering right now.

Much like my puppy when she sees us eating or when she’s anticipating a treat I think I’m beginning to drool in anticipation of that sudden burst of blooms.

There’s nothing like the first spring blooms. Especially with roses. The flowers are usually larger than they are throughout the rest of the season and their colors are at their most vibrant.

I can’t wait.

Do you have a garden full of buds too or has yours exploded in bloom?

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My favorite tulips are blooming

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Purple fringed tulips

My lovely purple fringed tulips are in full bloom right now so I’ve been trying to either peek outside or go out into the garden more often this week so I can enjoy them while they are in bloom.

It’s a shame that such a lovely flower doesn’t bloom more than a week or two isn’t it?

It’s cool and rainy here in Toronto today. Actually with the exception of two days this week it’s been a fairly cool month. So unless we get a sudden hot spell like we did at the end of April I’m pretty sure that my lovely tulips should last the better part of the week.

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I’m hoping that my bleeding hearts come up soon. I have them planted at the side of the house in an area that tends to get quite dry in the summer. I’m sure we lost a fern that had been planted there for the last few years due to lack of watering that area properly last year. Now I think we might have also lost the Bleeding Hearts. I’m sure it’s usually starting to come up by now most years.

Well, if we did lose the bleeding hearts at least I have some pretty pictures of it from years past!

How is your garden doing this spring weekend?

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