It's not a competition

Mar 17, 2025

Trees and plants in various seasonal stages. Row 1: daffodils, black lily magnolia, golden-bell forsythia. Row 2: Japanese maple (close-up), beech, Japanese maple. Row 3: Oriental paper bush, flowering quince, star magnolia.

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It’s not a competition, you know
Between late and early bloomers
The have-its and the have-nots
The clad and the unclad
Those who think it's spring
Those still in coats
Everything
Has its
Time

Erika Tovi

Mar 17

Oh, what a gorgeous poem. It says so much with little.

I just learned about lily magnolias while ID-ing one at the park last week. And I wasn’t familiar with the flowering quince! If I was a flower this spring, that’s what I’d like to be. 🥰

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1 reply by Judy Wu Dominick

tamara m

beautiful! and educational! (I didn't know what most of these were called). I love the various stages of spring.

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