April 26, 2019 Placement of Early Spring Bloomers, Eugene Delacroix, Charles Townes, Irma Franzen-Heinrichsdorff, John J. Audobon, Frederick Law Olmsted, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, Justin Martin, Photo Friday, Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, and the Michigan State Flower

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How close are your earliest bloomers to your front door? Your crocus, snowdrops, iris, daffodils, tulips, forsythia, daphnes, and magnolias? When I redid my front garden last year, the designer had put all my earliest bloomers right near the front porch and walk. When I asked her reasoning, she reminded me of our long winters.…

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The Romantic’s Bouquet: Delacroix and “A Vase of Flowers”

Eugene Delacroix

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 26, 1798 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a true titan of French art, Eugene Delacroix. Born in the twilight of the 18th century, Delacroix would go on…

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