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emch

Gardening in mostly deep shade in Zone 6. My passion is adding more native plants to my landscape & clearing out the foreign invasives.

Mertensia virginica syn. Mertensia pulmonarioides

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emch

#trueblue #shadelovers #midwesternnative

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hkyfvr

Such pretty blooms 💙

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juliesgarden

💙💙.. how different to ours !

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joannie.a

Such a pretty blue.

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cheriej

These are gorgeous!! Love that blue. 💙💙💙

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midnightgardener

Very pretty 💙💙💙💙

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emch

Buds!!! #anticipation #trueblue

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emch

Much better, non-blurry shot of the #trueblue #midwesternnative I wait for all year... #shadelover #flowerbuds

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hkyfvr

Very pretty 😄

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emch

If the breeze would quit, I could get a clearer photo! #trueblue #shadelover

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susansteve

💙💙💙

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emch

Blooming nicely in #trueblue #shadelover #midwesternnative

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emch

Any time now we'll see some #trueblue

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emch

#shadelover #trueblue #midwesternnative #mayflowers

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amjenk

Wow 🤩

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emch

In full bloom now! #trueblue #midwesternnative

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cheriej

Absolutely gorgeous!!!!

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emch

The buds are pink, but the flowers open in true sky blue #mondayblues

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emch

Opening up at last #trueblue

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emch

...and closer... #trueblue #midwesternnative

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emch

...ever closer to full bloom #trueblue

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emch

Right on the point of bloom #trueblue #midwesternnative

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cheriej

I just love these things!! Beautiful #trueblue

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emch

The Gulch blooms! #trueblue #midwesternnative

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emch

Buds!!! #trueblue #midwesternnative

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cheriej

Awesomeness!!! Can’t wait to see those open. 💕

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emch

These were not up last time I went outside...Eagerly awaiting the #trueblue flowers #midwesternnative

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philstalder

Love those, wish I could grow in CA. My brother has them in his yard in Maryland. 🤩

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emch

@philstalder I keep hoping to see photos of the colony @DelbertYoung is raising in upstate NY...I have 2 small patches so far

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  • Season Icon Early SpringEarly Spring 2021
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emch

When I went to take this picture there was a strong smell of gasoline in the Gulch. Tends to confirm my suspicions about why so little grows back here. #trueblue #midwesternnative

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DelbertYoung

I love Virginia Bluebells. I’ve started a colony of them in my front yard.

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emch

Excellent @DelbertYoung ! We need more natives in our yards.

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DelbertYoung

I’m going to be moving some of the babies to the Oak Orchard River which doesn’t seem to have any Virginia Bluebells. That’s my next project.

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