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The only poppy to ever have survived a winter in my garden! *

Syringia prestonii - the Prestn hybrid lilacs come in a range of pinks and mauves. Developed at the Central Experimental Farm here in Ottawa, they bloom three weeks later than s. vulgaris next door. *

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The earliest hemerocallis in my garden *

Our white Aquilegia *

The last of our pink Aquilegia *

Pots by the pool - purple "wave" petunias, white nicotiana and draecena *

Foxglove No.1 *