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Virginia bluebells are blooming in an icy April wind at Wood Thrush Natives plant nursery in Floyd, one of 17 such nurseries known by the Virginia Native Plant Society to be operating in the state ...

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The Virginia Bluebells are coming. In early Spring, these native wildflowers will burst into bloom profusely throughout much of the Washington area. Botanically named Mertensia virginica, one of a ...

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