Yesterday Joe treated Emma and me to a trip to our local garden center, where I fell in love with these pink and green hydrangeas. I look forward to enjoying this reblooming variety into the fall.
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Joe is so sweet to indulge my need for pink, pink and more pink. Clockwise, from top left: Forever & Ever Hydrangea; Impatiens; Barbara Karst Bougainvillea; and the Painted Lady Hibiscus.
"Flowers ... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844