March 31, 2009 at 6:52 PM PDT
· Filed under Flowers & Garden, Photography
Posted by Verna
Over the weekend, I brought this Dutch Hyacinth home from the flower concession in the supermarket. These come and go rather quickly, but they are so beautiful and fragrant when they bloom.
Today, you can not walk into the kitchen, where these are in bloom, without noticing the beautiful fragrance, let alone the pretty pink blossoms.
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WikiPedia has this to say about the Dutch Hyacinth:
The Dutch, or Common Hyacinth of house and garden culture (H. orientalis, native to southwest Asia) was so popular in the 18th century that over 2,000 cultivars were cultivated in the Netherlands, its chief commercial producer. This hyacinth has a single dense spike of fragrant flowers in shades of red, blue, white, orange, pink, violet, or yellow. A form of the common hyacinth is the less hardy and smaller blue- or white-petalled Roman hyacinth of florists. These flowers should have indirect sunlight and are to be moderately watered.
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March 30, 2009 at 7:57 PM PDT
· Filed under Vacation
Posted by Bob
We saw a commercial promoting tourism in Utah on the TV this evening. Of course, that induced a serious case of wanderlust in both of us. I dug out this photo of an arch in southern Utah near Moab. We can’t wait to get back to this ‘red dirt’ part of the world. Click image to enlarge.
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March 29, 2009 at 6:40 PM PDT
· Filed under Flowers & Garden
Posted by Verna
These colorful iris are store-bought - we got several stems Friday at the flower concession in the supermarket. Soon, though, our patio will be host to some very beautiful bearded iris and who knows what else. Stay tuned.
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March 28, 2009 at 7:46 PM PDT
· Filed under Family, Flowers & Garden
Posted by Verna
On our visit to Mom and Dad’s today, I went into the back yard as usual. While there I took this picture of one of Mom’s tiny yellow roses.
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March 27, 2009 at 5:15 PM PDT
· Filed under Flowers & Garden
Posted by Verna
This is the little orchid that we got at the garden hothouse a few weeks ago.
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Over the weekend, I brought this Dutch Hyacinth home from the flower concession in the supermarket. These come and go rather quickly, but they are so beautiful and fragrant when they bloom. 
