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Harbingers of Spring

forsythia, harbinger of springForsythias are named after William Forsyth, an 18th century Scottish horticulturist.

rhododendron
My rhododendron has little green buds now. Sometime this spring I will see large pink fluffy flowers from my kitchen window.

Song of Songs 2:12

הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ, עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come.

4 Comments »

  1. My mother a”h used to cut forsythia in February, and bring it inside to “force” it to bloom early.

  2. Leora says:

    Mother in Israel,

    I’ll have to try that, bringing forsythia. Might look pretty on our Shabbat table.

  3. Robin says:

    What a lovely picture. There’s something so special about those first early buds.

  4. Leora says:

    Robin,

    Thanks for visiting! I’m enjoying photographing all the early buds. But then I groan at the brown patches and pull the weeds, too. Not much time to garden right now.

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