A short walk around the garden on the shortest day has revealed that some plants are still hanging on from last season and others are heralding the next.
<img src="http://cdn.theenduringgardener.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/alpine-strawberries.jpg" height="240" width="320" alt="alpine strawberries in flower" />
<img src="http://cdn.theenduringgardener.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Viburnum-bodnantense.jpg" height="240" width="320" alt="the Viburnum bodnantense is in full flower" />
<img src="http://cdn.theenduringgardener.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hellebores.jpg" height="240" width="320" alt="hellebores budding up nicely" />
<img src="http://cdn.theenduringgardener.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/camellias.jpg" height="240" width="320" alt="camellias soon to flower" />
Alpine strawberries in the shelter of the mimosa tree still carry a flower or two, while the Viburnum bodnantense is in full flower and the hellebores and camellias are budding up nicely.