blooming now

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I imagine some folks in the frozen northland might hate to hear this, as do  
my son and grandchildren in Massachusetts:

Blooming now, in Riverside, California, half way between LA and Palm  
Springs, in my garden--pansies, violas, statice sinuata, statice perezii,  
calendulas, medium cup daffodils, dianthus, primula, alyssum, ageratum, lobelia,  bird 
of paradise, vinca minor, sparaxis, scilla, gerbera, gazania, cosmos, day  
lily, verbena tennuisecta, puschkinia, rosemary, tall marigolds, forget-me-not,  
violets, impatiens, vinca.  Just about finished are camellia, trumpet  
daffodils, hyacinths, saucer magnolia. Roses have leafed out after January  pruning, 
grapes leafing out, and spring is definitely here, temps yesterday were  80 
plus, today will be about 65, rain expected over the weekend--the last rain  
we'll get, I think, and the next project will be to plant more summer annuals,  
keep on weeding, and make sure the air conditioner is ready to start the  summer.

Jerry

Gerald Burke
Garden Writer

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