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<\/a><\/p>\nWe\u00a0don’t regret investing in five peony plants a few years ago. They are among the first flowers\u00a0to spark our yard with fragrance.<\/p>\n
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MRS.\u00a0FDR<\/h3>\n
Mrs. FDR was the first to bloom this year on May 2nd, a week or two later than usual, followed by Karl, Felix and Shirley.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Karl Rosenfield and Felix Crousse both provide deep pink blooms. Shirley Temple is virginal white as is Festiva Maxima, who did not set on buds this year. We chose these five varieties\u00a0for their fragrance and ability to thrive in zone 7.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Camille loves to walk the yard in search of beauty and bring it inside. The irises and water irises were especially prolific this year and also smell divine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chives and comfrey add a splash of lavender to the garden.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We may get a handful of blueberries this year. Our blueberries struggle, unlike the shrubs at work which astound all with their abundance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This beauty of a plant comes back year after year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Right outside the back door we installed fragrant red velour petunias and playful snap dragons.<\/p>\n Proof that April showers bring May flowers – May, 2015 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PEONIES <\/p>\n \n We don’t regret investing in five peony plants a few years ago. They are among the first flowers to spark our yard with fragrance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MRS. FDR <\/p>\n \n Mrs. FDR was the first to bloom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sub-story","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8552"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8638,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8552\/revisions\/8638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nKARL, FELIX AND SHIRLEY<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nSIMPLE PLEASURE<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nFOOD HAS FLOWERS, TOO!<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nSETTIN’ ON<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nDIANTHUS<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nANNUALS<\/h3>\n
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[Troutsfarm]<\/a>\u00a0* [May, 2015]<\/a>\u00a0* [May Flowers]<\/a>\u00a0*\u00a0[Family Reunion]<\/a><\/h4>\n
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