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Alex Solla
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gardener in zone 5b, photographer, writer, former potter, and all-round color fiend.
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Sunshine and dafodills! #garden 🌱
April 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Lots of baby lupine seedlings... which will get potted up tomorrow, assuming the storms and wind dont keep me out of the garden in the afternoon.
baby lupine seedlings
April 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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my first bloodroot is blooming for the first time.
Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'
#gardening 🌱
April 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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little baby peonies (woody species of all sorts)

#Garden #peonies 🌱
peony seedling peony seedling peony seedling
April 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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iris seedlings from all sorts of species iris (versicolor, ensata, siberica, sanguinea)

#garden 🌱
second year, iris versicolor species iris seedlings
April 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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new iris reticulata 'Purple Hill'

#iris #garden 🌱
March 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Iris reticulata
Iris reticulata Iris reticulata Iris reticulata
March 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Crocus are starting.
#garden
March 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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crocus in the sun
March 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Snowdrops are just opening

#garden 🌱
Snowdrops are just opening
March 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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The first iris reticulata opened up today.
#garden 🌱
The first iris reticulata opened up today.
March 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Poppy 'Lauren's Grape'

#garden #poppies 🌱
Poppy 'Lauren's Grape'
February 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Thinking about seeds...

papaver somniferum, which right now are under a lot of windblown snow.

#poppies #garden 🌱
Thinking about seeds... papaver somniferum, which right now are under a lot of windblown snow.
February 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Balloon flower 'Fuji Blue'

#garden 🌱
Balloon flower 'Fuji Blue'
February 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Sea holly and a bee.

Nothing subversive to see here. Just minding my beeswax.

#garden 🌱
Sea holly and a bee.
February 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Can't wait for this year's lupines to bloom. Four more months.

#lupine #garden 🌱
Lupines
February 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Different varieties of aquilegia Columbine. Saved seed last summer, so I will be curious to see what the crosses look like.

#garden #aquilegia 🌱
February 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Macro photo of one of our lupines from the garden last year.

#gardening #garden #lupine 🌱
Macro photo of one of our lupines from the garden last year.
February 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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More reds. Monarda and crocosmia

#gardening #reds
February 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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So incredibly impatient to see this LA Iris in June.

'Marie Laveau' (Joseph Musacchia, R. 2013) Seedling 08-14-02. LA, 36-40 (9246 cm), Early to midseason bloom. Wine-red self. 'Red Velvet Elvis' X 'Grace Duhon'.
wiki.irises.org/La/LaMarieLa...

#gardening #irises #LAirises
February 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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First year irises, mostly iris tectorum, iris versicolor and iris sanguinea. Really excited to see how these look come springtime.

#garden #irises
first year iris seedlings first year iris seedlings
February 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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aquilegia
aquilegia (columbine)
January 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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January 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One plant per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no details, just photos.

Day 20/20

#PlantChallenge #gardeningfeed #garden
January 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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January 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM