28 February, 2010 gallery additions

Here in East-Central Illinois this long winter finally has an end in sight. Robins have been seen and heard, the snow is melting around little green daffodil and snowdrop shoots, and temperatures are rumored to reach the 50s this weekend! It doesn't hurt that we're in the first day of meteorlogical spring, either — it's a great psychological boost.

All of these factors gave me a kind of 'spring fever', so I searched through my photos for plants that just made me think green. Not environmentally-friendly recycling green, but the kind of green that soothes your heart and imparts you with a deep kinship for the Earth and all other living things.

I hope that you enjoy this month's selections and they satisfy, even if only for a brief moment, whatever yearnings for spring you may have. If nothing else, perhaps they'll offer a temporary diversion from those plant catalogs...

I'll see you all in two weeks with another update!

Christopher Lindsey, gallery maintainer

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Allium schoenoprasum (Garden chives, Drumstick chives, Round-headed garlic):
  • Allium schoenoprasum habit
Anemone pulsatilla (Pasque flower):
  • Anemone pulsatilla habit
Arisaema sazensoo (Japanese cobra lily):
  • Arisaema sazensoo flowers
Chiastophyllum oppositifolium (Lamb's tail, Goldtröpfchen):
  • Chiastophyllum oppositifolium flowers
Echinacea 'Fragrant Angel' (Fragrant Angel coneflower):
  • Echinacea 'Fragrant Angel' flowers Echinacea 'Fragrant Angel' flowers
Forsythia viridissima (Greenstem forsythia):
  • Forsythia viridissima habit Forsythia viridissima flowers
Hosta tardiana 'Paradise Joyce' (Paradise Joyce hosta):
  • Hosta tardiana 'Paradise Joyce' leaves
Hypericum 'Cfflpc-1' (Blue Velvet™) (Blue Velvet™ St. Johnswort):
  • Hypericum 'Cfflpc-1' (Blue Velvet™) flowers Hypericum 'Cfflpc-1' (Blue Velvet™) flowers
Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' (Sherwood Purple creeping phlox):
  • Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' flowers Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' flowers
Polygonatum odoratum 'Flore Pleno' (Flore Pleno Japanese Solomon's seal):
  • Polygonatum odoratum 'Flore Pleno' flowers Polygonatum odoratum 'Flore Pleno' flowers Polygonatum odoratum 'Flore Pleno' flowers
Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii' (Pissard's cherry plum):
  • Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii' flowers Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii' flowers
Scrophularia auriculata 'Variegata' (Variegated water figwort):
  • Scrophularia auriculata 'Variegata' leaves
Smilacina stellata (Starry Solomon's seal):
  • Smilacina stellata flowers