To Tell the Truth

I believe in telling the truth...
Unless there's a better version.

Today's blog will not happen. It has been written and the photos chosen, but Seth has no time to put it together. Shipping plants has the entire nursery hopping and I don't want Seth to snarl at me like last year: "Do you want to make money, or do you want your damn blog published?!"

So instead we'll do a re-run of a past year's photo contest. Maybe you need a break from me too.

Rosa 'Love & Peace'

Acer palmatum 'Yellow Threads'

Camellia japonica 'Kujaku tsubaki'

Darmera peltata

Acer palmatum 'Ariadne'

Podophyllum 'Galaxy'

Acer shirasawanum 'Bronze Age'

Rhododendron faithiae

Abies firma 'Nana Horizontalis'

Acer pictum 'Usu gumo'

Helleborus hybridus '#106'

Magnolia denudata

Acer macrophyllum 'Mocha Rose'

Pinus koraiensis 'Jack Korbit'

Acer palmatum 'Mikawa nishiki'

Sciadopitys verticillata

Acer palmatum 'Mayday'

Cornus florida 'Unryu'

Acer forrestii

Agapetes lacei

Acer palmatum 'Rainbow'

Fagus sylvatica

Acer palmatum 'Peve Multicolor'

Magnolia 'Yellow Bird'

Disanthus cercidifolius 'Ena nishiki'

Acer macrophyllum 'Mieke'

Cathaya argyrophylla

Acer palmatum 'Strawberry Spring'

Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea'

Gaultheria pseudonotabilis

Acer pauciflorum

Pseudotsuga sinensis

Acer circinatum 'Monroe'

Magnolia 'Eric Savill'

Acer palmatum 'Hama otome'

Embothrium coccineum 'Inca Flame'

Arbutus menziesii

Acer palmatum 'Spring Plum'

Cornus alternifolia 'Golden Shadows'

Abies concolor 'Wintergold'

Androsace sempervivoides 'Susan Joan'

Acer palmatum 'Green Tea'

Ginkgo biloba 'Snow Cloud'

Sassafras tsumu

Arisaema sikokianum

Pinus thunbergii

Epimedium grandiflorum var. higoense 'Bandit'

Acer japonicum 'Taki no gawa'

Rhododendron griffithianum

Agapetes 'Red Elf'

Cunninghamia lanceolata 'Glauca'

Paeonia mlotskewitchii

Acer palmatum 'Jubilee'

Rhododendron thomsonii

Wollemia nobilis

Abies concolor 'Candicans'

Cornus controversa 'June Snow'

Rhododendron falconeri ssp. eximium

Magnolia 'Vulcan'