What a warm fall! Many of us have bulbs pushing up through this warm soil, and we can only hope they will survive the icy winds of March. There is still color in the garden and the Hellebores are beginning to bloom. Weather may change - sometimes violently - but there is always something new and miraculous to admire.
Much too soon!!!!

Yellow Twig dogwood

The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size."
Gertrude S. Wister, American gardener

Hellebores just begining to bloom

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.  There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. Rachel Carson

"In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak."
James Russell Lowell, American writer, (born 2/22/1819)

Holly - an old favorite of winter

Huchera with curly purple leaves

Oakleaf Hydrangea's wonderful colors
"January is the quietest month in the garden...the soil, open to the sky, absorbs the pure rainfall...earthworms tunnel along, aerating the soil and preparing it to welcome the seeds and bare roots to come." Rosalie Muller Wright

For more information, contact: rose@DunwoodyGardenClub.com