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Floral Clock Construction:
Behind the Scenes Progress - Page 4

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4-13-09: Purple alyssum circle 4-15-09: The inner circle is now filled with flowers
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4-15-09: Adjusting the soil level in the numerals to make the plant material most legible

4-17-09: Planting the numerals
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4-17-09: Purple alyssum outline 4-17-09: Watering new sod and planting alyssum
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4-21-09: Planting the last alyssum

4-21-09: Alyssum fills in between the numerals
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4-24-09: Sod is filled in to the border of the clock. 4-30-09: Yew hedges have been trimmed and shaped to blend with the permanent hedge.

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Support for the floral clock provided by Mr. and Mrs. William R. Orthwein, Jr.