joene's garden » euonymus http://www.joenesgarden.com Gardening thoughtfully in south-central Connecticut Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:05:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Garden’s season’s greetings http://www.joenesgarden.com/2009/12/19/gardens-seasons-greetings/ http://www.joenesgarden.com/2009/12/19/gardens-seasons-greetings/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +0000 joenesgarden http://www.joenesgarden.com/2009/12/gardens-seasons-greetings/ Winter may be just days away, but my gardens still offer a touch of holiday cheer.  And, with Mother Nature holding off our snow I was able to capture some season's greetings … in expected and unexpected places.

Pieris japonica 'Compacta' … Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' … Ilex meserveae 'Blue Maid' cheerily brighten grey cold days.

Pieris japonica compacta-closeup 12-09      Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'-2 12-09      Ilex berry 12-09

Christmas ferns … native mosses … and santolina are contrasts in green.

Christmas ferns 12-09      native moss 12-09      Santolina 12-09

Shades of browns from a lovely beech … miscanthus grasses … and acorns dotting the ground.

Beech 12-09      miscanthus 12-09      acorns-2 12-09

But sometimes holiday cheer comes unexpectedly like below, in leaves of tiny stonecrop sedum, it's greener cousin, and the pink-tinged edges of euonymus.

stonecrop sedum spathulifolium 'Carnea' 12-09      green sedum 12-09      Euonymous 'Emerald Gaiety' 12-09

Finally, even a mish-mosh of of grapevines, mountain laurel, dried hydrangea, a couple of strands of LED lights, and an old whiskey barrel can bring holiday cheer.

grapevine tree-daytime 12-09           grapevine tree-early morn 12-09

Bon hiver … happy winter … to all.

Related posts:
Blooming? December ‘09 – Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
Acorns a fallin’
Late bloomers - Anemone
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day-a tardy entry
Stars aligned to bring fall pleasures

Categories: Gardening, Seasons.
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Share this post:
Add this post to Delicious Delicious
Submit this post to Digg Digg
Submit this post to Facebook Facebook
Add this post to Furl Furl
Add this post to Google Bookmarks Google Bookmarks
Submit this post to Reddit Reddit
Submit this post to Stumbleupon Stumbleupon
Add this post to Technorati Favorites Technorati Favorites
Add this post to Twitter Twitter
Submit this post to Yahoo! Buzz Yahoo! Buzz

]]> http://www.joenesgarden.com/2009/12/19/gardens-seasons-greetings/feed/ 5