It’s February 16th and that means it’s time to celebrate the foliage, berries, bark and seedpods that are adding interest in your garden. This monthly tribute, Foliage Follow Up, is the brainchild of fellow blogger and ’roundtabler’ Pam Penick of Digging.
As you’ll notice, all my photos today feature snow. With 8+ inches on the ground and several more in the forecast, that’s all I have to offer this month. But even though the pickins’ are slim, what I do have it adding some interest and color to my winter garden.
The contrast of the fresh white snow really brings out the color of these beautyberries
Snow is the perfect background to highlight the color and texture of Gold Thread
I can't wait for this Pieris japonica 'Pygamea' to grow a bit so I can easily see the finely textured leaves and winter color from my office window
Don’t forget to head over to Digging to see beautiful photos of foliage from Pam’s garden.
its refreshing seeing your foliage as a border to your beautiful foliage plants, i love the gold thread, it adds so much color!
Noel,
Thanks for stopping by. I also love the splash of color Gold Thread adds to my garden, especially during the long winter months.
At least you have some foliage showing:) The berries on teh beautyberry are pretty any time, aren/t they?
Melody,
Yes, the beautyberry berries are a most spectacular shade of purple. This year they seem to hanging on for an incredibly long time but I do love the way they look with the snow. It’s been a long winter and I am really looking forward to seeing what’s under all the snow again soon.
Snow provides such a wonderful contrast to leaves, berries, bark, and needles … it highlights simple beauty.
joene,
The snow certainly does make everything look so fresh and new. The simple aspects of the garden seem to really shine with the added zest of a blanket of snow. I’m getting ready for the mud of spring though where everything looks a bit dull for a few weeks until the garden really wakes up.
I like that you show that even under a layer of snow, foliage peeks through and adds winter beauty. American beautyberries are so gorgeous, though there are few berries left in Austin at this time of year. The mockingbirds love to feast on them. Thanks for participating, Debbie.