So foggy this morning it was after 9 when I ventured out. And I was glad I did because look what I found — the first hellebore blooms. The evergreen helebore leaves provide texture in my winter garden. The blooms are a bonus.
2. I love this crepe myrtle bark.
3. The silver maples have wonderful craggy bark with lichens and moss at the soil’s edge.
4. Contrasting textures of Hollywood juniper in the background, and rhododendron to the right. In the forefront a euonymus (Silver Queen? it looks more white than in the photo) and liriope. You can see the fog still hanging in the air.
5. A mahonia that I stuck in a back corner of the garden is doing just fine. It provides some texture against the solidago stems which need to be cut back.
6. And finally..the hope of spring… buds on some daffodils.
That’s my Six on Saturday, this foggy February morning, as I found textures in the winter garden. The meme was started by The Propogator, a UK gardener. This is the link to the rules if you’d like to join in.
Oh Mala! I think we have twin gardens! Mine looks the same! And I love it! Thanks for sharing today!
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I never think there is going to be anything out there this time of year but am always surprised. You’d think after all my years of gardening I wouldn’t be.
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The Myrtle must be very happy to have grown and produced such a beautiful looking trunk.
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The crepe myrtles thrive in our clay soil. It may take them a couple of years to get established, but after that they are stars in the garden.
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You are not alone in loving the crepe myrtle bark … I think it is my favorite. Your daffs look like mine, not so far from seeing this yellow color appear now…
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That bark is truly lovely. There are trees in many of the gardens in Cornwall brought over by the Victorian botanists. They always look lovely.
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Lucky you to already have daffodil buds!
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Beautiful, Mala.
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That’s a really attractive plant grouping in picture number 4. I really appreciate the evergreens this time of year.
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Me, too. So much is drab…rather like our recent dark days.
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Both barks are really lovely, but the hellebore leaves are equally wonderful. Love your mahonia buds – ours are out here & I missed the little bi-coloured packages. Will have to remember to look for them next year. The fog looks like you’re over here in the UK. Is there danger lurking behind that rhodie?
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No danger behind the rhodie. Just my neighbor’s yard.
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I miss seeing your posts on SoS, Mala, and hope you are well there on the east coast!
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