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Winterberry Against Blue Sky
Winterberry, also known as possum haw and deciduous holly, provides a lot of color in my yard throughout the winter. The berries often last the whole winter because the birds apparently don't find...
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Butterfly on Salvia
1 commentBy early afternoon, the temperature had reached the low 60s, and amazingly, my front flower bed was filled with butterflies. This is a Gulf Fritillary feeding, rather desperately it seems, on one the...
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Winter Butterfly
We in Central Texas are fortunate that on warm winter days we still have butterflies. This is a queen butterfly on my trailing purple lantana, which is still blooming nicely in my front flower bed.
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Promise of Spring
Being from Texas, we are always glad to watch the progress of the bluebonnet plants in our rock garden. Buried under oak leaves now, in two months they'll be blooming.
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Winter Warbler
I don't know whether this orange-crowned warbler was finding insects (it usual diet) or eating the seeds of these dead sunflowers.
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Winter Ice Storm
1 commentThis photo was taken at dusk, shortly after a major ice storm in the NC piedmont
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winter garden view
1 commentWinter came fast and furious in Michigan this year. The first white snowstorm highlighted all the plant life and transformed nature into a magnificent architectural studynbspof...
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Winter Arbor
Dwarf fruit trees and the ancient arbor in my garden. This old, rusty arbor is covered in morning glories throughout the summer. One more snow and the 4 foot picket fence will disappear.
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Frosty Kokopelli
Kokopelli garden art, covered in frost. In Hopi legend Kokopelli traveled from village to village bringing with him the change of season, from winter to spring.
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Mini Roses Safe from the Frost
I couldn't bear to leave my micro-mini roses outside this winter. So, I brought them indoors - where they peek out the sunny window, at the frosty garden that used to be their home.
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Saint Francis without his Head in a Tropical winter
Saint Francis overlooks my Sub-Tropical Garden in Mexico, thoughout all seasons - what joy!
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Hail to the Daylilies
This picture was taken on August 10, 2008 in Massachusetts. New England is like a box of chocolates, "you never know what you're going to get."
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An Eagle has Landed
My father made this eagle, and it resides in the section of our park called Rhodie Corner.
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Last Rose of Summer
Last Rose of Summer was taken from inside my window of new fallen snow and a rose protected under my house eve. Lake Nahwatzel, Washington State
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beauty of the winter garden in Toronto
2 commentsWinters in Toronto have been very snowy this year and last - as can be seen from the photos. I've been designing the front and side gardens with more of an eye to winter interest, and the newest...
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Contest Description
What makes you happy in your garden this time of year? Whether your garden is blooming or covered in ice, we want to see it. Get out your cameras and post photos of your winter garden in our gallery.
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