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Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' (Snakeroot) with Hydrangea 'Snow Queen' I love autumn - the crisp, cooler temperatures, the rain, and most of all, the fall colors. The year looks to be a nice one. I got back from a trip to Alabama last week and found that the colors were in full swing (unlike Alabama, where the temperatures were lovely with the exception of some mugginess but alas, no color at all).  Japanese Maples are the first thing I think of when autumn comes to mind. This one is 'Bihou' and one of the first to change color.  Acer palmatum 'Bihou' Other trees are beginning to change as well, including the Redbud 'Flame Thrower'.  'Flame Thrower' Redbud ( Cercis canadensis ) The star of the show now, however, is the Stewartia. It is just amazing and I remember it was beautiful last year as well. It's chief rivals, the Ginkgo and Black Tupelo, are only showing hints at the moment. Stewartia pseudocamellia The shady path - The most d...

February Garden

 


 

 It is turning out to be a very mild February. 

Crocus beginning to appear

 

 

Sarcococca (Sweet Box)

 

Snowdrops (Galanthus)

Cotoneaster 'Mooncreeper'

Hebe 'Pretty in Pink' and
Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)



Clematis 'Bill MacKenzie'

Euonymous albomarginatus

Cedrus deodora 'Feelin' Blue'

 African Boxwood (Myrsine A. 'Scarlet Marglin')


Pinus contorta 'Chief Joseph'

Thymus praecox (either 'Nutmeg' or 'Coccineux')


St. John's Wort (Hypericum inodorum 'Pumpkin')    


Parahebe perfoliata

 

 


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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