With a very late fall turning into a quickly, snow-covered winter, some plants kept green leaves under the snowline. Now with the warmer temps melting off the snow, I am seeing the green life.
Tag Archives: Winter
Tree Colors
I am growing a lot of different colored trees, whether their branches or leaves are different colored. The colored branches of this golden willow are a noticeable addition to the dull-colored, winter landscape.
Cold Warmth
Subzero temps mixed in with a sunset.
Manchurian Catalpa
I grew some Manchurian Catalpas(Catalpa bungei) from seed, but they keep dying to the ground because of the winters.
Bamboo Skeletons
Bamboo was interesting for the past decade, but this winter proved even worse than the others that would routinely topkill the groves. Most of my species were of the Phyllostachys genus, but now are just dull skeletons, waiting to be cut down and replanted with something else.
Evergreens Winter Burn
Cryptomeria japonica, or better known as Japanese Cedar, is probably only marginally hardy here. It turns a drab color in winter like the native, unrelated Red Cedars. This young tree looks burnt and I don’t know how this tree and the other couple I still have alive will turn out this Spring. All my bamboo […]
Winter Sun Dog
The temperature was in the subzero range this morning. It was sunny out, too. This made perfect conditions for a sun dog to appear. I rarely see them.
Frosty Day
Heavy frost covered a lot of the trees. For a short period of time, the frost gives this world a look of fantasy.
Japanese Black Pine
The Japanese Black Pine(Pinus thunbergiana) is hardy in my location, but can suffer winterburn. The Pines should recover from this, but this is one of the problems when planting exotics.
Bamboo Snow
The green leaves of bamboo mix good with the early snowfall.