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The Bloom Bulletin

A short weekly note on what is actually blooming in gardens across Canada, built from real first-bloom logs by real gardeners. For garden clubs, naturalists, and anyone who likes to know what the season is doing. No account needed.

This week · July 7 to July 14

Gardeners logged 35 first blooms across 2 provinces and territories this week.

Here is what opened in Canadian gardens between July 7 to July 14: 35 first blooms across 25 species, every one logged by a gardener watching their own plants.

Blooming across the country

Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) · 3 gardens
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) · 2 gardens
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) · 2 gardens
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) · 2 gardens
Common Evening-Primrose (Oenothera biennis) · 2 gardens

Province by province

Nova Scotia: 22 first blooms, including Foxglove Beardtongue, Allegheny Blackberry and Red Raspberry.
Ontario: 11 first blooms, including Eastern Purple Coneflower, Yarrow and Swamp Milkweed.

Every number above comes from first-bloom logs by gardeners on Hortus. Nothing is estimated or filled in. Curious how the data is collected? See the open phenology dataset.

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