Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Winter Color

The winter garden is as colorful and generous as other seasons, and in some way may be more so. The sky is vaster, tree bark brighter. Berries pop likes jewels and sunlight plays with the frost and snow. Remember to look up this winter and behold your garden!
Callicarpa dichotoma (Beautyberry)

Callicarpa dichotoma (Beautyberry)

Hamamelis mollis (Chines Witchhazel)

A frosty morning on a farm in Maine

Betula nigra  HERITAGE (Heritage River Birch)


Ilex serrata 'Koshobai' (Koshobai Japanese Holly)

Fagus sylvatica (Copper Beech)

Ilex verticillata, Winterberry

Ilex verticillata, Winterberry