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March 22, 2010

Cherry Blossoms blooming early?

Cherry Blossom Festival Warm weather this past weekend is going to bring out Washington's famous cherry blossoms a few days early.

The National Park Service has revised its prediction for blooming dates, and chief horticulturist Robert DeFeo is now predicting the peak blooming will be April 1 to April 4.

Earlier he predicted most trees would be in bloom April 3 to April 8.

The trees will likely begin blooming this weekend and continue through April 9. The opening ceremony is planned for Saturday at the National Building Museum.

Posted by Susan Reimer at 4:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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I propose a Garden Variety field trip to see the cherry blossoms.

Are you driving? I'm in! --Susan

Posted by: NotableM | March 22, 2010 7:34 PM

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Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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