I’ve been spending a bit of quality time out in the garden this winter—primarily weeding and cutting things back, but also enjoying plants in their winter garb. One benefit of this strange non-winter we are having is that bulbs are already showing their pretty faces. I have winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) and common snowdrops (Galanthus [...]
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Color in February
Posted in Plants of the Season, tagged bulbs for winter bloom, Eranthis hyemalis, Galanthus, snowdrops, winter aconite, winter bloom on February 3, 2012 | 4 Comments »
January Color
Posted in Plants of the Season, tagged ground covers, shade ground covers, shade perennials, Shade plants, winter foliage ground covers on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t normally drag my camera out into the garden, but I was weeding a few days ago (click here if you missed my recent thoughts on the importance of this task in winter) and noticed a ground cover that was looking quite pretty. Since handsome ground covers in January are worth taking a second [...]
Foliage for Fall
Posted in Plants of the Season, Uncategorized, tagged Acer triflorum, Autumn leaf color, Fall foliage color, Small specimen trees on November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While our recent wild weather whipped away lots of leaves and damaged a great many flowers, undaunted trees along our creek are really beginning to color up for fall. Despite the weather, in the garden I still have bubblegum pink blooms covering my fall-blooming Camellia sasanqua, mounds of marginally tattered chrysanthemum ‘Sheffield Pink’, and aster [...]
Spring in Slow Motion
Posted in Plants of the Season, tagged Flower, getting rid of lawn, Hellebore, low maintenance plantings, perennials for spring, spring flowers on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I swear my garden is just sitting still. With all the chilly weather we’ve been having, plants are just creeping out of the ground, not bursting up with any kind of enthusiasm. Plus, cold, damp, dreary spring weather seems so much more miserable than the bitter temperatures of January and February. Part of the problem [...]
Shrubs for Late Fall Color
Posted in Plants of the Season, tagged Foliage plants, plants for fall foliage, shrubs on December 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Rain and wind have driven the last of the leaves from the deciduous trees in my garden, and a hard frost finally blackened my coleus a couple nights ago. There’s no denying the end of the growing season has finally arrived. Fortunately, a few shrubs still bring colorful foliage to the garden even at this [...]
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