So, I took a walk around the garden and the mood I sensed was a wistfulness for spring. Perhaps the garden was just reflecting my own mood. Any chance of canceling winter due to lack of interest?
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| Lovely new foliage of a Knockout Rose. |
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| Fuzzy and fun in any season: Lamb's Ear. |
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| Dusty Miller brightens the winter landscape. |
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| Warm weather shrub, Purple Vitex, still hanging in there. |
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| Purple Heart is taking advantage of the mild winter. |
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| Artichokes are at home in the winter garden. |
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| Trailing Rosemary in bloom. |
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| Jerusalem Sage has large, showy yellow flowers in the Spring. |
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| Artemesia 'Powis Castle' foliage is soft and lacy. |
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| The yellow flowers of the Oregon Grape Holly (Mahonia Aquifolium) will develop into purple grape-like berries. |
Lots of purples and silvers among your January selections, just like in my garden! Gotta love these evergreens that keep the winter garden interesting. Thanks for joining in for Foliage Follow-Up!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting Foliage Follow-Up. Those silver evergreens are standouts in the summer and winter. Win, win!
DeleteGreat shots, Ally. I especially like the photo of the rose leaves-they're pretty when they have that rim of red or burgundy on them. The silver and gray are always so nice in the winter, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tina. The Knockout Rose has so many fabulous attributes, and that new growth, burgundy foliage is definitely one of them.
DeleteBeautiful photos. Love the trailing rosemary and the Oregon Grape Holly. So pretty:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Rambling, my Christmas present (aka new camera) is definitely coming in handy these days.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of the same foliage I do. Just goes to show how well those plants work for us, here in Central Texas.
ReplyDeleteI need to find an artichoke. Love their 'architecture'.
I can't speak from experience, but the word on the web is that artichokes are deer resistant. If you decide to give artichokes a try, I saw some at the Natural Gardener last Friday. They had the bare root crowns.
DeleteSilver, gray and purple kind of reflects the weather, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI've tried twice to leave a message on your latest greenhouse post of Dec 11. It isn't working -- I wonder if it is awaiting moderation?
NellJean, Apparently Google enabled automatic spam detection and I was not aware of this feature. I will regularly check the spam folder in case this happens again. I'm very sorry for your inconvenience, but thank you so much for hanging in there and pointing out this problem. I value all reader comments and I sure don't won't to miss any future comments.
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