A Winter Walk

A little snowy slide show and some of my new plants. Just click the arrows to begin.

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A view of the house from the street. I like the way it looks when it’s snowy out.

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New Plant: I’ve always wanted one of these red twig dogwoods of my own. This is Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’. I just love the red color against the snow.

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The fresh snowfall has accentuated the dense branch structure of Acer palmatum ‘Kiyohime’. 

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New Plant: This is Cephalotaxus h. ‘Fastigiata’. It is also known as Columnar Japanese Plum Yew. Slow growing, it will one day reach five to six feet tall by two feet wide.

The opposite side of the bank is growing wild. I often joke that I should go rogue and plant a bunch of Forsythia on that side so we have something pretty to look at in the Spring!

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This old bridge allows Central Avenue to cross the creek. All of the downtown bridges that span the creek are beautifully crafted.

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Most of the bridge designs utilize uniform materials, but this one uses many different shapes of cut stone.

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The steel blue water is like a mirror.

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A pop of color. Thank goodness for evergreens!

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New Plant: I love the multi-branch structure of this Heptacodium minconioides. It can also be trained as a single stem tree and can reach 15-30 feet in height.

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New Plant: Lindera augustifolia is cool because it does not lose its leaves until spring. Great winter interest.

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Several seed pods are still clinging on to this Redbud tree.

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The teak bench becomes a graphic gesture in the sea of white.

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New Plant: Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ retains its green and yellow color all year long. It actually intensifies in the cold of winter.

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Snow sticks to the bark of these old Cottonwood trees.

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I love how the fallen snow arranged itself both on and around this urn.

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The White Pines are snow covered. Some of the snow is quite dense on the branches.

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Another view of the White Pines.

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A view from the backyard. Significant snow, but no deep freezes (yet). All is well in the garden.