Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Winter Garden Waking Up
Under the shade of the sleepy Douglas Fir,
near the stream
the winter garden is waking up.
~ Susanne
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Under the shade of the sleepy Douglas Fir,
near the stream
the winter garden is waking up.
~ Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
Terrific photos here!
Thanks so much, John!
Your sarcococca berry photo perfectly shows the deep purple-y blue-black color. If you are lucky enough to have one of these “sweet box” (common name) bushes wherever you’re walking by it gives out a lovely vanilla fragrance from the early blooms. Hardly any nurseries carry the rootstock anymore (at least, where I am guess because it’s considered “old fashioned”) so years ago I had to order online from a specialty plant purveyor. Sarcococca grows slowly and and doesn’t tend to take over the garden, mine is about 18″ tall now and at the middle of a small border. I also liked the delicate shading shown in the Indian Plum photo, that had to be difficult to achieve!
Thanks for your comment. I love the sarcococca plant (despite the spelling!) precisely for the fragrance, which is incredible! 🙂
Beautiful photos, Susanne! ☺️
Thanks so much!
You’re welcome. ❤️☺️
Ah, spring’s awakening.
Hooray!
Great photos.
Thank you.
This is a great time of year to see nature emerging, and you captured it so well. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks so much, Pete!