Gardening Magazine

Colour in the Garden

By Mwillis
Since I am primarily a veg-gardener, lots of the plants in my garden are green or nearly so, such as this immature "Tundra" cabbage:
Colour in the garden
But right now some of them are definitely NOT green.
Colour in the garden
Most of my Blueberry plants lost all their leaves without developing any of their usual spectacular colours, but this one plant is showing them how it ought to be done!
Colour in the garden
Colour in the garden
Even the Hydrangea plant still has more to offer:
Colour in the garden
Colour in the garden
And now that they have lost their foliage, the Dogwood shrubs are showing their Winter colours:
Colour in the garden
Colour in the garden
In a few weeks most of this color will be gone (the Dogwoods are the exception), and we will have a period of drabness before a new season begins, so let's make the most of the color while it lasts!

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