Today Jack Frost visited Our Garden@19 for the first time, to any effect.
Inspired, it was on with the layers and out with the camera before the sun became too bright and chased him away?
A misty view through the rose arch.
The window of the summer house is not looking to summery!
Euphorbia 'Glacier
Blue' living up to its name.
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The alpine Phlox doug. 'Red Admiral' with flower buds just starting to form.
Aries Koreana, with a lovely dusting of frost,
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Cobwebs over the box hedge,
Erica arb. 'Alberts
Gold', looking like a snow capped mini forest.
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In complete colour contrast to
Pittosporum Tom
Thumb growing in a pot below.
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Christopher Lloyd, of Great Dixter, often sang the praises of...
...Cotoneaster horizontalis, who could argue with that at this time of year?
Those grasses left standing are making a useful, bleached contribution to the garden,
Miscanthus sinensis
'Gracillimus' with its many flower heads.
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Calamagrostis x a.
' Karl Foerster ' always stands up well throughout the winter.
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Chionochloa rub. provides colour all year round.
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A frosted bud of
| Magnolia x soulangeana 'Lennei' |
A late surviving flower on
Lycesteria formosa
'Goldern Laterns', also known as the Himalayan Honeysuckle, therefore -4 is probably nothing to it.
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The tips of the
Thuja occ.
'Smaragd' look like frosted deer antlers.
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In the Oriental Garden the buds of
Magnolia 'Stella'
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along with the flower of Hamamelis Moll Pallida (Witch Hazel),
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and the catkins of
Corylus avellana
'Contorta' have all been dusted by 'Jack' as he passed through.
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Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' showing promise of things to come.
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A dusting of icing on the leaves of Ilex x Altaclerensis Golden King.
Cobwebs on the back of a garden chair,
a rather frosty 'Lady of The Bottle' statue.
Did 'Jack' visit your garden today?
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