Despite plenty of cold nights, lots of plants are still green and great looking like Arum italicum 'Ghost'. This goes dormant in the summer, returns with cooler weather and will look this lovely until snow arrives and covers it up.

So many of my Hellebores suffered from last winter's cold and lack of snow cover. This clump of H. 'Royal Heritage' strain is a fraction of its usual size but is suddenly sending up some new leaves.

Carexes are among the stars of my garden at any season. But I love them best early and late in the year when I am starved for green. C. plantaginea is one of my go-to ground covers for dry shade.

C. socialis 'Coahoma' looks delicate but is one tough plant.

I had a nice swath of C. morrowii 'Silver Scepter' that mostly died out last winter. I took the pieces that survived and moved them to a more well-drained location where they are currently doing well. C. morrowii variegated also suffered a lot of dieback last winter.

Digitalis purpurea 'Apricot Beauty' and Pulmonaria 'David Ward'

Milium effusum 'Aureum' has lost its gold coloration but still looks good along with a fall-planted Euphorbia x martinii 'Tiny Tim.'

Carex elata 'Bowles Golden' is similar in color to the above Milium but with much narrower foliage. Here it's growing with Adiantum venustum.

Berberis thunbertii 'Admiration' which has lost its bright summer color, along with a seedling of Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum' on the left and a candelabra primrose seedling at the rear.

Euphorbia x martin 'Ascot Rainbow' is another plant that is new this fall. It's growing on the right side of the same Berberis as above.

Rosa rubrifolia

Hedera helix 'Glacier'. All said, a lot more green that I might have expected to find at the beginning of November.
