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| Double Campernelle Daffodil. Most doubles, including this one, are too top heavy. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Hale's Best Peach. Seven years of blossoms have resulted in only one year of peaches, due to late freezing. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Hale's Best Peach blossom in the morning light. Exquisite! 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Clematis The President already reaching for the sky. I think I'll christen this plant "Obama!" 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Camellia Betty Sette, an Ice Angels variety, starting to unfurl. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
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| Vinca minor blooms heaviest in the spring, with sporadic flowering throughout the summer on some of the newer varieties. This one is a dwarf. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| March 23, 2008! Spring has sprung! More colorful varieties are now blooming in my Oklahoma Zone 7 flower gardens, including Hale's Best Peach, double yellow Campernelle dwarf yellow Tete-a-Tete red and yellow Fortissimo yellow Dutch Master Daffodil Narcissus Jonquil, pink Betty Sette Ice Angels Camelia, blue Vinca Minor ground cover, and Grape Hyacinths! For photo permissions, questions, or comments, go to the Ask Gale Page. |
| Wild tiny alliums in my back yard. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Another view of my back lawn, now rapidly greening up. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Hale's Best Peach already in bloom. If we have another frost, the crop will be lost. Keep your twigs crossed! 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Tall Fortissimo and Dwarf Tete-a-Tete Daffodils 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Yellow and Orange Fortissimo Narcissus grow thicker every year. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Grape Hyacinths look like tiny purple or blue Christmas trees. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Classic Dutch Master Daffodil, as yellow as the sun, 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |














| Vinca Minor, known for its periwinkle blue color, has proven to be super hardy. 3-24-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |