winter flowers

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    Carol’s Winter Garden

    Carol in Hendersonville, North Carolina, is sharing some beauties from her winter garden with us today. The winter garden is dearly appreciated. Honeybees emerge for the snowdrops (Galanthus spp., Zones…

  • close up of Wasp snowdrops
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    Margot’s Snowdrops

    Margot Navarre is sharing her earliest blooms with us today. She gardens in Bellevue, Washington, and we’ve visited her garden before; check out Summer in Margot's Garden if you want…

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    January in Carol’s Garden

    January may not seem like a very flowery time for most gardeners, but today we’re looking at what was blooming in January in Carol Verhake’s garden in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Her…

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    Late-Winter Blooming Plants for Pollinators in Pacific Northwest

    After the torrential rains of December, it is a wonder that anything is blooming in Pacific Northwest gardens. Thankfully there are great plants that survive the downpours and even flourish…

  • close up of purple Cool Wave pansies
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    Unexpected Winter Blooms

    Joseph here, in northern Indiana, where normally December and January is an indoor-only gardening season, with lots of snow, frigid temperatures, and ground frozen solid. Not this winter, though. We’ve…

  • close up of two different pink and white amaryllis
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    Cherry’s Amaryllis

    Today Cherry Ong in British Columbia is sharing some of her amaryllis (Hippeastrum hybrids, Zones 8–10 or as houseplants) from last winter. This is perfect inspiration for buying some to…

  • snowdrops sprouting
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    Snowdrops Chase Away the Winter Doldrums

    Amid the sloshing, squishing, and squelching of spring in the Northwest, green tips and small white flowers start pushing through the soil. Some are up and flowering freely in January,…

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    Beautiful Winter Blooms

    For a welcome ray of sunshine, try these 10 plants that bloom in winter

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    Forcing Branches to Bloom Indoors During the Winter

    Tricking tree and shrub branches into thinking it's spring and encouraging their blossoms to burst is easier than you think.