It looks like the fantasy countryside on a fruit crate, but this one comes alive with pungent smells--a scent of apple flowers in the spring dawn, scythed hay, piles of cow dung drying for fuel on top of the walls (my first thought: climbing cows?).

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Such an abundance of flowers means creating the perfect spring bouquet is an absolute pleasure.

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But what remains of it will still be covered with flowers in the spring.

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Spring is peak season, but many of these flowers continue to be available through early fall.

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In my yard I grow a type of bearded irises called 'Eternity, ' which puts out violet-scented white flowers not just in spring, like most irises, but again in the fall.

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