The Garden in Winter

Article by: Hugh Harris-Evans

Novice gardeners often regard the period between October and March as a time of the year when the garden , Basic Swimming Pool Water Chemistry should be ignored until the warmth of Spring , Tea’s Important Role in Reducing Disease returns. After all the flowers , How To Find Cheap Delivery In Your Area have faded and trees , Why Teak Coffee Tables Are Essential For Your Outdoor Space and shrubs , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower have shed , Garden Design: Plant a Woodland Gardens with Minimal Effort and Expense their leaves so what is the point? With experience comes the realisation that the garden , Using Push Reel Mowers in winter , Patio Accessories - Complete The Great Outdoors has a character and beauty all of its own.

Because most trees , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 4 and shrubs , Tea’s Important Role in Reducing Disease lose their leaves in the fall, , Vermiculture: Indoor Composting and Organic Soil Improvement the most important element in planning a garden , How To Find Cheap Flower Delivery In Your Area that is attractive in both winter , Finding the Best Pond Pumps and summer , Tea’s Important Role in Reducing Disease is to get the basic structure right. Paths, , Dealing With Pests In a Hydroponic Garden hedges, , How To Find Cheap Flower Delivery In Your Area trees , Hurricane Landscaping Considerations and shrubs , Dealing With Pests In a Hydroponic Garden should be arranged so that the view from the house , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (part 13) Oxygen reveals something of interest at each season , Landscaping - Using Native Plants Saves Water of the year.

Just because all your annual , Hurricane Landscaping Considerations and herbaceous flowers , Landscape Wallpaper are over and now a mass of frosted stems does not mean that there can be nothing to enjoy in the garden. , Unusual Daffodil Stories Even without leaves and flowers , The Difference Between Large and Small Ponds many shrubs , Garden Design: Plant a Woodland Gardens with Minimal Effort and Expense can provide a colorful display through the winter , Landscaping - Using Native Plants Saves Water months. Dogwood (cornus alba) has bright red stems throughout the winter. , Unusual Daffodil Stories Yellow stems are found on several varieties of willow. Many garden , Basic Swimming Pool Water Chemistry trees exhibit colorful trunks and branches which are only clearly revealed once they have lost their leaves.

With all this talk of bare stems you should remember that there are many shrubs , Cheap Ideas For Garden Landscaping that keep their leaves and do produce flowers , Seeding a Lawn during the winter. , Cheap Ideas For Garden Landscaping The Winter , Sowing an Annual Flower Border Jasmine (jasminum nudiflorum) is a sturdy shrub , Hurricane Landscaping Considerations which will grow , Cheap Ideas For Garden Landscaping almost anywhere whose bright yellow flowers , Xeriscaping is Waterwise Gardening light up any dull winter's day. Mahonia (M. japonica) is another shrub , Xeriscaping is Waterwise Gardening with yellow flowers , The Difference Between Large and Small Ponds which has the added benefit of a fragrant scent. Rose , Feng Shui In the Garden pink blooms are borne from December to February by one of the Viburnums (V. x bodnantense).

Another group that can provide interest in winter , Landscape Wallpaper are those that have finished flowering , Ultra Violet Pond Filter but then produce colorful berries. Cotoneaster, Pyracanthus and Skimmia all have bright red berries which make a striking display and also attract wild birds , Teak Patio Furniture Is The Perfect Choice For Your Terrace into your garden , Dealing With Pests In a Hydroponic in their search food. , Patio Accessories - Complete The Great Outdoors

So far we have been concentrating on shrubs. , Seeding a Lawn But what about smaller plants? Does your flowerbed have to remain bare all winter? Not at all, there are plenty of hardy plants , Using Push Reel Mowers that can survive the winter , Using Push Reel Mowers frosts and snow. , The Advantages of Both a Liner Pond and a Preformed Pond, Rolled Up Into One Box! The Christmas Rose , The Design Principle of Unity in Gardening and Landscaping is one of the several varieties of hellebores that flower , How To Find Cheap Delivery In Your Area at this time of year.

Other plants , Landscaping - Using Native s Saves Water that flower , Sowing an Annual Border later but are useful for ground cover include Bergenia, Pulmoniaria, Saxifrage and Lamium, the Dead Nettle. Ivies and Vincas also make good ground cover but need to be pruned regularly to keep them under control.

If you are one of those people who have tended to forget about your garden , Dealing With Pests In a Hydroponic in the winter, , Tea’s Important Role in Reducing Disease I hope that this article may have given you a few ideas on how you can plan , Specialty Trees - A Beginner's Guide your backyard , Types Of Palm Trees so that it gives you pleasure throughout the year.

Hugh Harris-Evans is the owner of The Garden , Dealing With Pests In a Hydroponic Supplies Advisor where you will find further articles, gardening , Ultra Violet Pond Filter tips and product , Lawn Care Tips - Six Easy Steps to a Great Lawn reviews. http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com

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