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Spring is really coming on! 📷 Tom Hennessy . . . . . . #RVA #spring #springblooms #flowers #VA #hyacinth #RVAblooms #loveVA #plantlove #spring #springblooms #happy #Blooms #virginia #daffodils #flowers #nature #beauty #bloodroot #hydrangea (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2M9X3lg53/?igshid=gmd80ziupv9c

Blueberries: Just as beautiful as blooms! Image by Tom Hennessy . . . . . . #RVA #RVAblooms #blueberries #blue #ourgardensyourhome #va #fruit #PlantLove (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5U7zypUvo/?igshid=14p0wznp21foo

It's the start of the hydrangea season! Did you know that you can change the color of the blooms by altering the pH of the soil? For bluer blooms, make your soil more acidic with coffee grounds, eggshells and citrus rinds. For pink blooms, you can add lime to the soil. Which do you like better, blue or pink? Image by Tom Hennessy . . . . . #RVA #Ourgardenyourhome #plantlove #hydrangea #Hydrangeamacrophylla #Blue #publicgardens #summer #hydrangeas #blooms #RVAgardentrail #RVAblooms #backyardblooms #flowerstagram (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBN3by9J5u9/?igshid=cj7wewb4m7vv

Happy Wednesday! Why not brave the cold to see these beauties. Admission is half price through the end of February. . . . . . . #Japanesfloweringapricot #prunusmume #winter #winterblooms #bloomingnow #RVA #RVAwx #RVAblooms #pink #flowerstagram (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B76Q4rspvvr/?igshid=10f89v8okdp

The Japanese flowering apricot is blooming! Prunus mume 'Dawn’ looks so delicate in the rain. . . . . #Japanesfloweringapricot #prunusmume #winter #winterblooms #bloomingnow #RVA #RVAwx #RVAblooms #pink #flowerstagram (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UE3VipYDV/?igshid=1ce41pw17omnm

Echinacea ‘Fiery Meadow Mama’ was planted as a plug only a few weeks ago as part of our EPA water quality restoration project but it was determined to bloom before our first frost this year and succeeded. Look for more of these lovelies — bigger & bolder next year! . . . . . . #echinacea #echinaceafierymeadowmama #fierymeadowmama #rva #plantlust #rvablooms #rvagardentrail #conflower #fall #autumnblooms (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Nzk6WJZg4/?igshid=1ve014438wdtb

The cascading blooms of winter hazel have a wonderful fragrance and foretell of the coming spring blooms (Corylopsis sinensis var. Calvescens). This plant is closely related to witch hazel. Can you tell? . . . . . . #Corylopsis #Calvescens #Corylopsissinensis #winter #winterhazel #blooms #rva #rvagardentrail #rvablooms #fragrant #fragrantflowers (at Richmond, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCMG4cg0xJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7ts0yhjfjm47

We love this heirloom iris, Hermodactylus tuberosus, for how it really does look like a snake’s head! The unusual shape and green and black color will stop you in your tracks. You’ll find these fragrant beauties blooming in Flagler Garden.| Image by Tom Hennessy . . . . . . #Hermodactylus #Hermodactylustuberosus #snakeshead #showstopper #rvagardentrail #rvablooms #spring #green #blackflowers #Horticulture #flowerstagram #Blooms #publicgardens #bloomingnow #rva #va (at Richmond, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvWeqLQpxv3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bm75crfv5ppi