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Nature gives in abundance. Even when some of it is temporarily taken away, you are still left with abundance. A spring mass of Viola canadensis erupts into a spontaneous smile.



Waves of trilliums beckon you in to the forest. There is more living green to see than there is scarred by frost. Abundance allows little time for loss.



Bulbarella always plants more bulbs. New species tulips said to self seed and spread by stolons bloom in the sunny utility meadow.



The Lush awakens undeterred by the recent cruel cold snap. It is hard to express just how much diverse plant life this one part of the garden contains. More is always being added while a major push has been underway to weed out the Clematis virginiana vine that wants to bind it all together into a single mass.



More. What will be planted in this new bare spot, center left, above the Alberta Spruce? Last year it contained a thicket of Philadelphus and Forsythia. They were hacked , sprayed and dug to make room for something better.



Nature didn't take it all away. Surprisingly the Rough Bark Japanese Maple survived almost entirely unscathed. There must have been enough warmth rising from the stream below to protect it.



More Dogwoods are blooming this year. Some years they don't set many buds and have little spring bloom. This is a good Dogwood year and they didn't get froze.



It is good to be a gardener in the Land of More.