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Garden Glimpses: Ephemeral Spring

True, Spring can seem fleeting.  But chronicling that phenomenon is not the intent here.  Rather, the title refers to a class of plants known as “Spring ephemerals,” meaning that, like Spring itself, they are here and gone.  Ephemerals tend to emerge early, bloom quickly, and die back well before Summer’s heat holds sway.  They are of the moment, and sometimes, if you blink, you miss them entirely.

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