Fall and Winter Garden Beauty

Posted by Angela England Nov 16, 2007

This week has brought a drastic change in the landscape around our home. Gnarled oaks are adorned in an earthy red-brown. Grand maples, tall and stately, are bejeweled in stunning gold or fiery red. Even the under story, full of honeysuckle, cotoneaster, hawthorn and dogwoods, are showing yellow, red and orange tones throughout. All this autumn color splashed against the evergreen pines so popular on the rolling hills of Southeast Oklahoma.

The weather is fantastic with chilly nights and “Indian Summer” afternoons perfect for horse back riding – or gardening. We've planted the last of this seasons Fall Planted Bulbs and mowed the grass for what will probably be the last cutting of the season.

We've also Prepared the Garden for Winter and are beginning to notice the beauty that comes with the stunning simplicity of the winter landscape.

I remember last year when I was a brand new writer for the Plants and Bulbs department at Suite101 and thinking, “This is the middle of winter – what can I possibly write about?” Yet once I began writing and really observing the beauty of the winter garden there was much to be found!

Here are a few highlights of the beauty to be found in the winter garden:

• Shrubs with Winter Flowers
• Plants with Cold-Hardy Winter Flowers
• Plants with Winter Evergreen Foliage
• Plants with Colorful Winter Berries
• Plants with Attractive Winter Bark
• Plants with Beautiful Winter Silhouettes
• Plants with Winter Seed Heads or Seed Pods