With a bit of help from the cold frames, the garden had a lot to offer on New Year's Day 2016. In addition to these photos from my garden, a friend reports the beginning of bloom on Edgeworthia chrysantha (one of the red forms) and Loropetalum chinense, Crocus imperati and tommies in full bloom.
The next five are favorite plants for winter foliage:
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| Iris cretensis |
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| Iris unguicularis |
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| Jasminum nudiflorum and plum yew |
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| Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation' |
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| Helleborus foetidus |
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| Helleborus niger 'Josef Lemper' (or is it 'Jacob'?)' |
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| a garden hellebore home-raised from seed |
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| another garden hellebore |
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| Mahonia bealei |
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| Magnolia stellata almost in bloom - sorry for the poor quality of this one! |
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| Camellia sasanqua home grown from seed planted on October 16, 1973 |
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| Galanthus elwesii elwesii in the lawn: the monostictus sorts bloomed weeks earlier. |
The next five are favorite plants for winter foliage:
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| Arum italicium |
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| Rohdea japonica |
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| Smilax smallii |
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| Smilax pumila |
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| Smilax laurifolia |
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| A corner of one of the cold frames with primulas and Cyclamen persicum from the grocery store: these will probably hold up well for months! The primulas sell for $2.50 each, so how could I resist? |
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| Here's a Christmas cactus doing its thing right on schedule; that's winter jasmine behind it. |
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