Dusk in the Fenway Victory Gardens
(Anyone have any ideas on this last one? It's not in bloom now — these are faded flowers left over from the fall, unles I'm mistaken.)*
Every Spring it's more or less the same, but it just never gets old.
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*3/18/2010 12:40 p.m. - Jim and Sasha both wrote in to tell me that last pic is of heleborus — Lenten Rose — which makes it right on time to blossom. Thanks ya'll! Gorgeous, innit?
that last one IS in bloom! It's a hellebore -- blooms at the very end of winter.
http://www.hellebores.org/
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Thanks Sasha!
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The last flower you asked about, is helleborus, or hellebore to be precise. Also called Lenten Rose because of when it blooms (provided you know when Lent is, I don't). Those actually are the blooms, generally beginning in early Feb and continuing into June. Blooms in shade and isn't a native flower, originates in Siberian regions and probably escaped from someone's garden.
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Thanks Jim!
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Your gardening friends get up early! I'm delighted they've put you onto this new plant. This one is a treasure for a climate like yours.
If gardening weren't such hard work and all we had to do was plant, do you think we'd lose interest?
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I loves me some perennials, gotta say.
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That last one looks like a Hellebore to me, which is, in fact, in bloom now. They tend to come out in different muted shades like that, anything from white to dark purple blooms. Also called "Lenten Rose."
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Thanks Tim.
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I love (LOVE!) your photos and your blog! Well mostly the photos because they make me happy that spring is upon us!!
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Yes, this is always the most exciting time of the year out there for me, too.
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Such LOVELY shots of the gardens at the Fens! All this fab weather has made my green thumb twitch too...well, okay, my green tinted thumb might be a result from the recent Irish holiday...but still! :)
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