No snow means that one can still see foliage in the garden. The recent warmer temps — coupled with Wednesday's rain — melted the ice on the pond where the last water lily leaves have been locked in. We never cut the lily foliage back or moved them down to the deepest part of the pond as we usually do each fall. We'll learn the results of that little experiment come Spring.
Much colder today but everything is still hanging in there, including my Thanksgiving Hellebore. Here's a sample:
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It's surprising to me how vibrant your greens still look after much colder weather than we're used to in Central Texas. Almost like spring greens. Thanks for joining in for Foliage Follow-Up!
Posted by: Pam/Digging | Friday, December 16, 2011 at 08:58 AM