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The first flower bud on my home-grown oleander (*Nerium oleander*)! 🌸
This plant was grown from seed — so seeing that first vivid pink bud emerge feels like a real milestone. Oleander is a classic Mediterranean shrub, known for its showy flowers and tough constitution. It can bloom in shades of white, pink, red or yellow, and this one is clearly going for something bold.
A reminder that growing plants from seed takes patience, but moments like this make it all worthwhile.

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De eerste bloemknop op mijn zelfgezaaide oleander (*Nerium oleander*)! 🌸
Deze plant heb ik zelf uit zaad gekweekt — dus die eerste felroze knop zien verschijnen voelt als een echte mijlpaal. Oleander is een klassieke mediterrane struik, bekend om zijn opvallende bloemen en robuuste karakter. Hij kan bloeien in wit, roze, rood of geel, en deze gaat duidelijk voor iets flamboyants.
Een herinnering dat planten kweken uit zaad geduld vraagt, maar momenten als dit maken het meer dan waard.

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#Dorgaldirs_Garden

Vernal Equinox: Firstbloom
#Gozreh #Firstbloom
https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Firstbloom
Fertility dances celebrate the coming of spring.

•#FirstBloom of the season from the #peonies !
•First harvest of the season, which I don’t really count given that I bought the plant that this came from with this part already growing out of it.
•I was lax with my green onion chop & drop so the bunbuns finally got to the strawberry leaves. But B”H, the flowers are still there! And those are what become the fruit!
•I built a trellis. Paid the disability tax of $1.05 per 6’ bamboo pole, rather than risk a panic attack from gathering schach in the forest preserve (already-fallen debris). And would you look at the color of this jute? Purrrr, right? Just like… purrrrrrr.
•Someone who I met back in my early 20s send me some spare seeds to sow, so this plot wouldn’t go to waste, this season, from my budget. Care to guess how many of the 7 varieties of beans will be either pink or purple? I can’t remember, so your guess is good as mine.
•Sprouting nasturtium, marigolds, hyssop, and yellow zucchini. Need to thin out the zinnia sprouts. #gardening

Vernal Equinox: Firstbloom
#Gozreh #Firstbloom
https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Firstbloom
Fertility dances celebrate the coming of spring.

#FirstBloom #Lily #Garden

🌲From the “Why would anyone ever plant invasive species” Department
#FirstBloom #BradfordPear