The view across the pond to the Flintstone Bridge and beyond to the hills is always worth a photo. On January 10 the pond was glistening in the winter sun, on February 14 it was covered in snow and on March 21 the snow had melted.
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Across the Pond to the Flintstone Bridge
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Cornus officinalis at the Top of the Cliff
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The view from the Wisteria Pavilion looking up at the Cliff Garden with the large golden Cornus officinalis at the top--the same tree seen framing the top right of the photo to the left.
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Petasites japonicus var. giganteus 'Variegatus' blooming below the Wisteria Pavilion.
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Variegated Petasites
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Pulsatilla patens
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Also blooming near the bottom of the Cliff Garden was this delicate feathery leaved member of the Ranunculaceae family from Northern Europe and Siberia. The purple flowers with intensely golden centers nodded in the breeze.
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An interesting bending short plump stalk of flowers on a member of the Scrophulariaceae family native to northern Albania among shady mountain rocks. The genus is named after Franz Wolfen, an Australian botanical writer.
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Wulfenia baldaccii
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Anemone nemorosa 'Bracteata Pleniflora'
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Moving on to the Pit House, this very distinctive Wood Anemone has white flowers surrounded with green bracts streaked with white.
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A member of the Aristolochiaceae family with uniquely mottled leaves.
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Asarum chingchangense
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Asarum miniatanium
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Another Asarum, the mysterious nearly black flowers rest on their sides and face out and each of their three parts continues for several inches, no thicker than a strand of spaghetti.
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Members of the Boraginaceae family, all three Lithodoras--all of which are evergreen sub-shrubs--are in full bloom in the Alpine House--this species native to the Pyrenees, the one to the right, and L. zahnii shown on February 14.
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Lithodora oleifolia
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Lithodora zahnii
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The second of the three blooming Lithodoras, this species is native to central Italy.
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In the back, the Mukdenia leaves have changed from small and red on March 21 to large and green, while in the front we have two Omphalodes cappadocica cultivars-- 'Lilac Mist' and 'Cherry Ingram' and the rose colored Corydalis solida f. transsylvanica 'George Baker' have gotten much taller since March 7.
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Mukdenia, Omphalodes, and Corydalis
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Omphalodes cappadocica
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A member of the Boraginaceae family native to the Lazistan and Cappadocia regions of Turkey (from which it gets its name).
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Part of the Ipheion collection, all of which have star shaped flowers, and are members of the Liliacee family.
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Ipheion
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