Carla’s Garden in Winter

Snowy beauty

Today we ’re visiting with regular GPOD contributor Carla Z. Mudry in Malvern , Pennsylvania .

The garden in winter is magic all on its own . It does n’t have the voluptuousness of a full summer garden awash in people of color and blooms , or the refreshed newness of spring awakening full of new greens and spring bulbs , or even the lucky hue of fall , but it has sparkle , frozen magic . Its bare form and structure are different than in other season , but it has a double-dyed knockout interspersed with the glorious greens of evergreen shrubs and trees .

It is so worth develop a four - time of year garden . Even in wintertime , like all dreams of springiness , I love my garden in winter .

Walk around your garden this winter . See you all in the give !

Owl sculpture in the garden , dressed up in the blow

In winter , the os of the garden — Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree trunks and evergreen plant shrubs — are everything .

A garden bench under a holly tree ( Ilexopaca , Zones 5–10 ) has received a soft cushion of white Charles Percy Snow .

A vivid crimson birdhouse take care all the brilliant in the winter landscape painting .

A holly branch with bright red berry create a classic winter sketch .

The fragile colors of the fore of these shrubs go unnoticed in the summertime , but they take center stage against the snow .

The leaves ofRhododendronact as miniskirt - thermometer , hanging down and curl tight in the coldest weather and chess opening up again when it warm up .

The blossom head of smooth hydrangea ( Hydrangea arborescens , Zones 3–9 ) fade to brown and hang on all winter .

Of course , conifers are the kings of the wintertime garden , looking all the more beautiful when topped with fresh snow .

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